Associate of Montreal billionaire arrested and charged with multiple sex crimes

Montreal police have arrested a man who allegedly assisted billionaire Robert Miller by organizing a network to sexually exploit young women and girls. 

Raymond Poulet, 76, faces 10 charges, including sexual assault, sexual touching and compelling someone into prostitution. 

The crimes are alleged to have been carried out against three victims, including someone younger than 14, at various periods between 1995 and 2001.

Poulet's arrest comes a month after criminal proceedings were halted against Miller, who, in the final stages of Parkinson's disease, was deemed too sick to stand trial. 

After the proceedings against the billionaire were halted, several alleged victims questioned the fate of Miller's associates, who they believed had helped orchestrate his alleged crimes.

Miller was facing 24 counts of sex crimes, the majority involving minors, committed between 1994 and 2016.

The businessman, who made his fortune by founding the electronics company Future Electronics, has always denied the charges against him. He had pleaded not guilty.

According to women who spoke to Radio-Canada's Enquête, Miller spent more than 10 years recruiting young girls for sexual purposes.

Several of the women interviewed by Radio-Canada claimed that their meetings with Miller had been arranged by Miller's employees, including Poulet, who sometimes used the pseudonym Sébastien.

The women claimed Poulet recruited them, sometimes demanding a share of the money Miller paid them for the meetings. Others went further, saying that the matchmaker assaulted them, claiming he had to "test" them before sending them to Miller.

On LinkedIn, Poulet presented himself as Miller's private consultant at Future Electronics. However, a receptionist contacted by Radio-Canada in 2023 indicated that he was not listed in the employee directory.