Corruption charges laid against three veteran OPP officers in connection with towing industry

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Four men connected to tow-truck companies have been killed, dozens of trucks torched in lucrative industry mired in fraudulent activity

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Three veteran Ontario Provincial Police officers are facing charges for giving preferential treatment to certain tow truck operators, in the latest corruption probe to target an industry long plagued with violence.

On Wednesday, OPP Provincial Constable Mohammed Hussain, 52, with the OPP’s Toronto detachment, was arrested and charged with secret commissions and breach of trust. The charges are “disappointing” he said, but he hopes they send “a strong message to the commitment of the Ontario Provincial Police to deal with corruption in the towing industry, and to deal with allegations of criminal or inappropriate behaviour of our officers.”

Toronto Police Constable Ronald Joseph, who was running a car rental agency and tow-truck business on the side, was charged in an organized crime bust last June. In addition to being accused of receiving payments and kickbacks, Constable Joseph is alleged to have provided a police radio to tow-truck drivers to help them monopolize their hold on parts of the lucrative business.

Sutheshkumar Sithambarpillay, who owns Steve’s Towing and is one of the featured towing operators on the Discovery Canada reality show Heavy Rescue 401, has been charged with aiding and abetting breach of trust and secret commissions.The 52-year-old’s photo had been removed from the TV show’s website as of Saturday morning. In an e-mail, a spokesperson for Bell Media said that Mr. Sithambarpillay “has appeared as a minor character in previous episodes of HEAVY RESCUE: 401.

 

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