Norbourg investment scammer Vincent Lacroix got a hand of vengeful applause yesterday as the judge handed down a 12-year sentence plus a $255,000 fine. Le Devoir ponders the nature of the crime while the Journal dwells on Lacroix's privations in prison and talks to some of the victims. I saw the news break yesterday on a café TV and the proprietor said the same thing one of these folks says: "Il y a de l'argent qui l'attend, quelque part, quand il aura fini de purger sa peine."

Also yesterday, André Charbonneau, who used an insurance scam to defraud elderly people of their savings, was given a seven-year sentence. Might've been bigger news if Lacroix hadn't been sentenced the same day.
posted at 12:04