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MONTREAL — An 83-year-old former Liberal organizer convicted of fraud related to the federal sponsorship scandal has been given a four-year prison term.

Jacques Corriveau’s sentence was handed down in a Montreal courtroom this morning.

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He will also have 10 years to pay a fine of $1.4 million.

Corriveau’s home in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, evaluated at $985,000, will be sold and some of the money will go to the federal government.

A bank account with more than $850,000 will be seized and Corriveau will also face a $1.4-million fine. He would not necessarily be obliged to pay the fine until after his sentence expires.

A jury found Corriveau guilty of three charges: fraud against the government, forgery and laundering proceeds of crime.

He was handcuffed and placed in the prisoner’s box after the sentence was read out.

His lawyer, Gerald Souliere, said he would seek his client’s immediate release pending an appeal of the sentence. He is already appealing the conviction.