Toronto City Council is considering a five-year ban against a construction company after an investigation found the firm overbilled the city more than $1 million on a recent infrastructure project.

Capital Sewer Services Inc. and its affiliates have done most of Toronto’s recent sewer projects, with about $200 million worth of contracts in just the last five years – and the city suspects this isn’t the only time they’ve overcharged taxpayers.

According to a report going before the general government committee next week, the city’s internal controls, as well as complaints received through the Auditor General’s Fraud and Waste Hotline, first identified irregularities in change order documentation submitted by Capital Sewer.

The issue revolves around work done on the Dufferin Sanitary trun

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