Quebec Professor Charged for Stealing Scholarship Money Intended for Foreign Students

A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) patch is seen on the uniform of a CBSA officer in Calgary, Alta., on Aug. 1, 2019. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Quebec anticorruption police have arrested a former university professor for allegedly defrauding and extorting foreign students.

Police say René Wamkeue used schemes to steal scholarship money that was intended for the foreign master’s and doctoral students he supervised.