Alleged fraud worth $60M uncovered at London Health Sciences Centre
2025-07-09 from cbc.ca
An audit has uncovered a decade-long fraud at the region's largest hospital network with the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) filing two separate lawsuits implicating five former executives, a contractor and companies hired to do work.
The lawsuits total more than $60 million and allege that some executives knew about the scheme and did nothing to stop it. One of the lawsuits also links more than 90 "suspicious properties" worth almost $20M to three people involved in the alleged scheme, purchased after multi-million dollar contracts were awarded by the hospital.
London police are now investigating, said David Musyj, the supervisor brought in to oversee an overhaul of the struggling hospital, which is projected to have a $150M deficit.
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