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Judicial records show that Raphaël Huppé failed to appear in court in two cases of fraud filed against him in 2014 and 2015.
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Paul Cherry • Montreal Gazette
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One of two Canadian citizens found dead in a beach resort in Playa del Carmen, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, was a wanted man who had several criminal cases pending in Montreal court.
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The victim, identified by various Canadian and Mexican media as Raphaël Huppé, 44, was found dead on Monday. Mexican authorities said he and a woman he met, identified as Fannie Lorrain, appeared to have died from stab wounds to the neck.
Mexican authorities also told the media that Huppe was a wanted man.
According to court records, on March 16, 2016, a court order was issued seeking the arrest of Huppé in the Montreal court, when he did not appear for an appointment in a case that began in 2014. In this case, 15 criminal charges were brought against him, including five fraud charges, following an investigation by the RCMP. He was present during a previous appointment at the end of 2015.
A second case of fraud was filed against Huppé in 2015. At the time, he indicated that his address was in Blainville.
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At the time, it seemed that Huppé’s legal and financial problems were accumulating.
Huppé was found guilty on October 8, 2014 in a different case tried in a Joliette court, filed against him by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). He was convicted of “60 crimes related to the illegal distribution of securities of Effective Control Transport Inc.,” the AMF said in a statement at the time.
A judge found him guilty of acting as a runner without being represented as such by the AMF. The AMF investigation revealed that between June 2008 and June 2010, Huppé illegally encouraged investors to buy shares of Effective Control Transport Inc. for a total of $ 740,000.
On January 15, 2015, Huppé was sentenced to pay a fine of more than $ 268,000 in the MFA case.
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Huppé is described in several court rulings as a man posing as a successful investor, but as early as 2008 serious questions arose as to whether he was legitimate, when a real estate agent who gave him $ 100,000 to invest filed a complaint to the AMF.
In 2016, an administrative court ruled in favor of a man who allegedly fell victim to psychological harassment while working for a numbered company controlled by Huppé.
The decision describes how the man was hired as the company’s vice president of marketing in January 2014. He was told he would receive a $ 125,000 annual salary plus a $ 750 monthly allowance for car expenses. His contract was never signed, and within a few months he was receiving orders from Huppé to do things such as replenish the company’s toilet paper and make coffee for the employees.
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The man told the court that his workspace in the company office was moved at least five times without notice and that he would come to work to find his things packed in cardboard boxes. In the summer of 2014, he found himself isolated from the rest of the office and noticed that the building’s security cameras were pointed at his desk.
The man ended up being fired in October 2014. He described Huppé as an imposing figure who was 6 feet 4 inches tall, swore often and treated him “like a piece of s …”.
The man also told the court that he had set up his own business before being hired to work with Huppé’s numbered company and that Huppé agreed to buy it. A few months later, Huppé had not yet paid the man, but he wanted to create the appearance that controlled him through a Facebook page.
A few days before he was fired, the man changed Huppé’s status on the company’s Facebook page, leaving Huppé as administrator. According to the court ruling, Huppé responded with a barrage of threats.
In an exchange, Huppé is supposed to have written, “Be prepared my friend, I come to seek what is mine, it will cost you everything you have.”
pcherry@postmedia.com
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