TORONTO, Ont. – The City of Toronto’s compliance audit committee has voted unanimously to commence legal proceedings against Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti after a forensic audit found he exceeded his campaign spending limit by about $12,000.
The three-person compliance audit committee, which met at city hall on Monday afternoon, voted to bring in a special prosecutor after agreeing with the findings that the Municipal Elections Act had been violated.
The prosecutor would decide whether to proceed with non-criminal charges.
Earlier on Monday, Mammoliti told CityNews he wanted more time to conduct his own financial audit.
A probe conducted by Froese Forensic Partners Ltd. found Mammoliti overspent by $12,065. Some of the campaign expenses were put on Mammoliti’s personal American Express card, the audit found.
During the 2010 election year, Mammoliti initially ran for mayor. He launched that campaign on Jan. 5, 2010, but withdrew from the race on July 9. On that same day, he ran for councillor of Ward 7-York West, a riding he has held since 2000.
The probe agreed with the Mammoliti team that there may have been “accounting issues in allocating expenses between the two campaigns.”
Mammoliti has said the probe, which was at the request of Toronto resident David DePoe, was part of a “conspiracy” targeting him and Mayor Rob Ford, as well as other right-wing members of city council.
He alleged wiretapping, secret meetings and people being followed by private investigators and said once he had evidence, he would go to police.
On Friday, a forensic audit of Ford’s 2010 campaign finances found he exceeded the limit by about $40,000.
The compliance audit committee will meet Feb. 25 to discuss those findings.
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Enough is enough. All the books were closed on this already, why waste more time and money on this when we have more important issues at hand to deal with. Not going to continue the investigation on Ford, then don’t continue it with Mammoliti.
The real shame is that no matter what is the end result of these legal proceedings, there will be no jail time attached. It is high time we make all politicians responsible for their actions, instead of just paying lip service
One would hope that at least one of these things can be a catalyst for some change. We don’t want to end up like Montreal, now do we?
It’s amazing that all of these “left-wing conspiracies” consistently reveal wrongdoing! Maybe if these clowns do what they’re supposed to do, the left wing would have nothing better to do than engage in politics?
What a waste of an article. The City of Toronto audit committee has closed every file they have reviewed after Election 2010. Georgio will show up with a high powered lawyer, spin his web and surprise! they will close the file. CIty blames the Province for loose election laws. Province blames the City for not flexing their muscle. Either way, taxpayers are stuck with election fraud.
hahahahaha, for all the idiots who said “leave Ford alone unless you are going to investigate every councillor”