A long-running Saskatchewan case involving false job offers, immigration applications and unreported income has ended with a suspended sentence and financial penalties.

Qi Wang, 53, has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to immigration and tax offences connected to a scheme involving foreign worker applications and false or misleading job-offer documents.

Wang pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion under the Income Tax Act and two counts of directly misrepresenting or withholding material facts under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

The case involved immigration applications connected to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program. Authorities said Wang was representing Chinese nationals in immigration matters even though he was not a licensed immigration consultant.

Investigators found immigration documents, job offers and service agreements linked to Wang and a company operated by him and his wife. The documents included job offers connected to Saskatchewan businesses, some of which allegedly did not need the workers listed in the applications.

Authorities said some documents contained altered contact information, pasted signature blocks or signatures that business owners could not confirm they had provided. Some business owners were also allegedly told they would not actually have to employ the foreign nationals if the jobs were no longer available.

The scheme involved approximately $95,000 paid to 17 Saskatchewan business owners. The tax portion of the case involved $494,891.75 in unreported income between 2013 and 2016, resulting in $112,627.33 in unpaid federal income tax.

Wang received a suspended sentence of two years less a day for the immigration offences and a concurrent six-month sentence for tax evasion. He was also ordered to pay the tax owed and a $200,000 fine connected to the immigration scheme.

The guilty pleas brought the nearly 15-year legal process to an end.

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