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A former Edmonton Tory MLA is facing a number of fraud-related charges for allegedly employing unauthorized foreign workers over a period of several months.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Tuesday charged 65-year-old Carlito Benito and his 25-year-old son Charles Benito for allegedly employing unauthorized foreign nationals at Triple Maple Leaf Canada Corporation, Helping Migrants Canadian Immigration Corporation and World Immigration Group Corporation from November 2015 to October 2016.

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Carlito Benito, known more commonly as Carl Benito, served as the Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods in 2008. He ran and lost in 2012 as an independent after losing the nomination race.

The CBSA says as licensed immigration consultants, the Benitos counselled temporary foreign workers in Canada to apply for student permits despite there being no intention of them going to school.