A former Ontario government employee who defrauded the province of more than $47 million over a decade has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges of fraud, breach of trust and money laundering.

Sanjay Madan, who served as an IT director within the Ministry of Education, agreed that he “abused his position to defraud the Ontario government” by overseeing two complicated schemes to defraud millions of dollars from taxpayers.

“He’s taking responsibility for everything,” Madan’s lawyer Chris Sewratan told Global News. “He feels sorry for his crimes.”

As part of the guilty plea, Madan agreed to re-pay the entire $47 million — $30 million of which, his lawyers say, was immediately returned to the Ontario government, while the remainder can be repaid over the next 15 years.

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