Preceded by Bernard Patenaude Name Richard Marcotte | Succeeded by Denise Paquette Role Politician | |
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Richard Marcotte is a Canadian politician. He served as mayor of Mascouche, Quebec, Canada from 1992 to 2012, and was a candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party in Masson for the 2003 provincial election.
Allegations of corruption
On April 17, 2012, the Surete du Quebec issued an arrest warrant for Marcotte who was vacationing in Cuba at the time. He was arrested on April 19, 2012 following his return from Cuba. Marcotte is alleged to accepted a vacation on the yacht of businessman Tony Accurso in exchange for giving Accurso's companies favourable business dealings with the city of Mascouche and local water treatment agencies.
He has been charged with fraud, conspiracy, acts of corruption within municipal government, breach of trust and fraud against government. He resigned as mayor on November 30, 2012, although he stated that his reason for resigning was a family member's health rather than the corruption charges.