Laurent Boulianne, based in Saguenay, Que., was found guilty of tax evasion charges before the Court of Quebec last Friday. He was fined a total of $37,500.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) investigation showed that, for the 1997 to 1999 tax years, Boulianne had enabled taxpayers to not report amounts withdrawn from their registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), their registered pension plan (RPP), or their locked-in retirement account (LIRA).

To do so, Boulianne used a scheme through companies operating under the following names: Servitek 2000, Educamax, Energie GYD Inc. and Les Immeubles RV (1986) Inc.

This scheme made it possible for 16 taxpayers to not report amounts totaling $350,300, thus enabling them to evade a total of $59,245 in taxes.

The investigation also revealed that, for the 1998 and 1999 tax years, Boulianne failed to report income totaling $28,691, thus evading $3,254 in federal taxes.