Normand “Casper” Ouimet, one of the most influential and respected members of the Hells Angels in Quebec, will soon be released and moved to a halfway house after spending nearly 13 years behind bars.
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This was decided by the Parole Board of Canada (CLCC) in a decision issued on Tuesday, a copy of which has been obtained by our Bureau of Investigation.
The 54-year-old biker, member of the Hells of the Trois-Rivières group, will thus benefit from his automatic release after serving two-thirds of his 20-year sentence.
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Ouimet was arrested in 2010 following Operations SharQc and Diligence and was found guilty in 2014 of conspiracy to commit murder, gangsterism, money laundering and laundering the proceeds of crime.
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While at the turn of the year 2000 the leaders of the old guard of the Hells under the leadership of Maurice “Mom” Boucher were languishing in prison after the biker war, “Casper” Ouimet embodied the new generation of bikers who tried every means possible to get into the legal fold to interfere with Quebec’s economy.
Through him, the Hells managed, among other things, to penetrate the construction industry and illegally take control of the bricklaying company LM Sauvé.
The details of this ruse were then revealed during the Charbonneau Commission, before which the entrepreneur Paul Sauvé testified about the pressure and threats he faced in this matter.
“I’m the one who ‘cleaned up’ the house in Lennoxville. Does that give you an idea? » Ouimet had told him to intimidate him, a reference to the famous internal purge of 1985, in which the Hells killed five members of their disbanded Northern Chapter in their Lennoxville hideout before throwing their bodies into the river.
Severe conditions
However, Ouimet, who was also a leader in the Montreal drug market, must comply with a long list of conditions if he leaves the minimum security prison where he has been held since the fall of 2022.
First, the CLCC requires at least six months of placement in a halfway house before he hopes to return home.
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Due to his history of laundering dirty money, he is banned from owning or operating a business until further notice.
He must also regularly provide the Federal Correctional Service with all information about his personal financial situation and banking transactions.
He was also banned from owning more than one cell phone, from visiting bars, and from contacting anyone involved in organized crime, including his Hells Angels “brothers.”
Taking into account the fact that he received double credit for part of his pre-trial detention – before his guilty plea – Ouimet’s sentence must expire in June 2028.
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