UPAC raids engineering firm BPR in Quebec City and Montreal

CBC

Updated July 2, 2015 at 8:49 a.m.

Quebec's anti-corruption unit raided the major engineering firm BPR on Thursday morning.

About 60 UPAC officers and investigators visited the Quebec City and Montreal BPR offices at around 7 a.m. Thursday.

UPAC agents left the offices with boxes of documents. Employees were sent home for the day while police continue to investigate.

No one has been arrested in the raids.

BPR issued a statement on its web site saying the company will cooperate fully with the investigation.

In spring 2014, members of the firm testified in the Charbonneau commission about its alleged involvement in a water meter overbilling scheme. Three engineers with the firm pleaded guilty to charges related to their participation in that system.

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