A man considered to be one of the most powerful Hells Angels in Quebec will have to spend the next 10 months behind bars. In a decision made last week, the Parole Board of Canada decided to revoke the statutory release Marvin (Casper) Ouimet, 55, automatically qualified for in 2013. Police believe he returned to his old ways while still serving the 14-year sentence he received in 2014, after he pleaded guilty to charges filed against him in two major investigations led by the Sûreté du Québec: Operation SharQc and Operation Diligence.
SharQc was an investigation into how almost all members of the Hells Angels in Quebec voted in favour of taking part in a conspiracy to murder rival members of several criminal organizations, notably the Rock Machine, in a conflict over drug-trafficking turf. The conflict dragged out between 1994 and 2002 and came to be known as Quebec’s biker gang war. It resulted in the deaths of more than 160 people, including several innocent people.
Diligence was an investigation into how organized crime had infiltrated Quebec’s construction industry. It revealed that Ouimet used companies to launder his drug money.
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