Louise Lger-Villandr pleads guilty to 6 charges, including fraud

Louise Lger-Villandr, the former director general of the townof Hudson, has pleaded guilty to six criminal charges includingfraud, breach of trust and use of forged documents.

Lger-Villandr was arrested by UPAC investigatorsin October 2014 and faced atotal of 19 charges connected to a series of events that took place between 1997 and 2013.

She was accused of fraudulently depositing, over 16 years, more than $1.1 million in municipal cheques into a personal bank account.

In a separate matter, Lger-Villandr had a sizable amount of assets seized by Revenue Quebec last April after allegedly lying on her business's tax returns and then trying to sell off some of her belongings.

Revenue Quebec estimated that Lger-Villandr owed more than $307,000 in unpaid taxes between 2008 and 2012.

Lger-Villandr will be back at the Valleyfield courthouse on Feb. 22 for sentencing.