World | Michael Applebaum Montreal Mayor Busted in Corruption Sting Michael Applebaum faces 14 criminal charges By Kevin Spak Posted Jun 17, 2013 10:15 AM CDT Copied Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum, left, walks with federal Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, and provincial Minister for International Relations Jean-Francois Lisee, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes) You know, we were feeling pretty good about picking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in our "Canadian mayors facing jail time" pool. But alas, Montreal's Michael Applebaum swooped in for some last-second competition in that contest this morning, as Quebec's special anti-corruption police unit nabbed him and two other city officials on fraud charges, the Globe and Mail reports. Applebaum got the interim mayor gig in the first place because his predecessor stepped down over allegations that his party had taken illegal donations from construction companies in exchange for contracts. Now Applebaum appears to be embroiled in the same scandal, which has also seen the arrest of former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt this spring. Applebaum is looking at 14 counts, including fraud, corruption, breach of trust, and conspiracy. Read These Next White House says 186K dead people are receiving SNAP benefits. Seth Meyers gets a taste of the Jimmy Kimmel treatment. United passenger: My wife has a bomb. House overwhelmingly votes to release Epstein files. Report an error