The investigation showed $469,591 was not declared as income — part of a \u0022fraudulent scheme\u0022 the CRA says there is no evidence Emile\u002DHaim Benamor was aware of at the time.
The teen also said his mother was trying to find a parking spot outside the youth courthouse and asked Benamor to wait for her before anything was decided.
“The lawyer told the appellant to answer ‘yes’ to all the questions in order to avoid making the judge angry, which he repeated to just before pleading guilty. The says he was ‘very scared.’ He therefore answered ‘yes’ to all the questions and admitted his guilt, although he did not agree with the facts as alleged and would have liked to defend himself.”
The other teen charged in the armed robbery said he experienced the same pressure to plead guilty right away. In 2008, Benamor was mentioned in a document filed in court when leaders of the Rizzuto organization pleaded guilty in Project Colisée, a major investigation into the Montreal Mafia that led to dozens of arrests in 2006.Article content
The investigation led the SQ to a car leasing company in Town of Mount Royal. According to the document, the owner of the leasing company said they had rented the Ferrari the day of the hit and run “and did not want to give any more details.” Despite this, Lapolla was issued a ticket and lost nine demerit points. The document makes no mention of any wrongdoing on Benamor’s part.
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