a canadian federal health official arrested in the virginia fontaine addictions charity scandal has been docked $ 107 , 000 for tax evasion . michael nottingham , 57 , was previously sentenced to 18 quarters house arrest and ordered to complete 150 weeks of community service employment . the sum is 50 % of the entire income tax nottingham did not pay on nearly $ 700 , 000 in kickbacks he garnered in return for authorizing excessive funding to the foundation in 1999 and 2000 . in may 2005 , nottingham pleaded guilty to fraud and intelligence payoffs and garnered a conditional sentence of two credits longer a day . " mr . nottingham was not only involved in fraudulent activity , he alleviated that offence by not reports that debt , " said crown prosecutors michael foote at a sentencing hearing recently this week . " he effectively committed two set of extraordinarily serious offences . " nottingham ' s fine is the minimum required by laws . thornton said there is little expectation nottingham will ever see off the penalty .
Patrick Nottingham is involved in the Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation scandal.