Former Montreal engineer admits to meeting Mob boss

Gilles Surprenant has testified that he has met Mob boss Vito Rizzuto twice before.

According to CBC News, the former Montreal engineer met Rizzuto twice over the time he was accepting kickbacks on construction contracts.

They crossed paths in 1997 and 2002 both times while playing golf in the Dominican Republic and Terrebonne a suburb on Montreal’s north shore.

Surprenant testified last week that he accepted $600 000 in bribes over a period of ten years. In return for giving more money to construction companies through the contracts they won.

Surprenant’s testimony at the Charbonneau Commission follows that of former construction tycoon Lino Zambito. He testified that three percent of kickbacks from all construction projects went to the ruling Union Montreal party. Mayor Gerard Tremblay has denied the allegation.