Case in point: two Canadians will be spending up to the next two years in jail or home confinement and will have to repay over $100,000 each for fraudulently claiming child benefits for a combined 22 fake children for years before being caught by the tax agency.
In September, Cornwall, Ont., resident Patrick Paquette was sentenced to 22 months of house arrest followed by a curfew after pleading guilty to one count of fraud related to significant CCB fraud.
The CCB is a tax-free monthly payment that pays up to $569.41 per month to assist parents with the cost of raising a child.
Paquette admitted to having used CRA’s online portal to create profiles for eight fictitious children in order to claim $122,534 in CCB payments over three years beginning in 2013, according to a release by the agency.
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