Louise Lger-Villandr, ex-Hudson director general, gets 30 months in prison

The former director generalof Hudson, Que. has been sentenced to30 months in prison on fraud-related charges.

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

LouiseLger-Villandr was sentenced at the Valleyfield courthouse on Monday.

In December, she pleaded guiltyto six criminal chargesincludingfraud, breach of trust and the use of forged documents.She admitted to defraudingthe town of Hudson of more than $1 million.

The case relates to a series of events that took place between 1997 and 2013.She was accused of fraudulently depositingmore than $1million in municipalchequesinto a personal bank account over that time span.

Hudson's current city manager, Jean-PierreRoy,saidthe town ishealing andhe issatisfied with the sentence.

Lger-Villandrwas arrested byinvestigators with the anti-corruption unit (UPAC)in October 2014.Sheoriginally faced 19 fraud-related charges.