Conservative facing fraud charge gets great seat

Snover Dhillon, third from the right

The Canadian Press:

Ottawa — A Toronto businessman who says he has ties to a Conservative MP and at least two Tory campaigns is facing a criminal charge.

Snover Dhillon is accused of fraud for allegedly withdrawing $10,972 from a woman’s credit and debit cards.

That didn’t prevent him from getting a plum seat directly behind the Harper family at a Conservative rally last week in Brampton, Ont.

Dhillon also appears to have violated the terms of his bail when he met with a Tory MP in India in January, and attended a political event in Halifax a month later.

Dhillon says he is helping with the campaigns of two Toronto-area candidates, and calls himself a friend of MP Patrick Brown, from Barrie, Ont.

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