Federal authorities in Canada say Ottawa will pay a tax bill connected to a fraud case involving Laval, Que. Multiple reports describe how the city’s former mayor is convicted of corruption and fraud, leading to a criminal sentence and a court-ordered repayment to Laval. The sentence includes six years in prison, with an order to repay the city more than $8 million. One portion of the repayment relates to roughly $7 million tied to funds held in a Swiss bank account. After the conviction and repayment order, the federal government moves to cover the tax liability associated with the seized or ordered amounts, according to the reporting. Both outlets frame the decision as compensation for a tax bill that was imposed following the fraud and related financial actions, rather than as a new criminal penalty. The matter centers on how taxes apply to the funds involved in the repayment and the financial proceeds of the scheme. The reports do not indicate that the underlying fraud conviction is disputed; they focus on the responsibility for paying the tax bill.