From: CBC News
81-year-old O’Reilly led operation that sold millions of contraband cigarettes
Gerald O’Reilly, a wealthy businessman living in Beaconsfield, Que., was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of playing a leading role in a conspiracy to sell millions of contraband cigarettes.
The 81-year-old man was found guilty on Feb. 24 of two counts of fraud, a conspiracy charge, committing a crime for the profit of a criminal organization and laundering the proceeds of crime.
