LCBO

Francois Agostini Dept: Francois Agostini, 58, an employee of the LCBO from 1981, allegedly swindled the LCBO out of $1.6 million in cash and products between April 2005 and December 2011, according to a statement of claim filed by the liquor board, according to The Star. None of the allegations have been proven in court and a statement of defence has yet to be filed and the LCBO is suing a former long-time employee for $2 million in an alleged scam to sell more than a thousand of cases of vodka, rye and rum to an accomplice who posed as a foreign diplomat. The LCBO is also seeking $500,000 in punitive damages and legal and investigative costs in the suit that names four others. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.