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CTV Montreal Published Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:44PM EDT Last Updated Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:32PM EDT

The Quebec Liberals are under fire concerning allegations of illegal fundraising on the very day that 70 of its candidates are being sworn in as MNAs.

Marc Bibeau is a director of Power Corporation and the majority shareholder of a company called Shockbeton.

But investigators at the provinces anti-corruption unit claim he's also the Liberal Party's leading fundraiser.

UPAC raided Bibeaus offices in November.

They were looking for evidence that he arranged illicit fundraising activities with Lino Zambito to benefit former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau.

Bibeau is also alleged to have dealt with Violette Trepanier - a former Liberal minister who was until recently the director of fundraising for the party.

Philippe Couillard let her go last March.

Investigators met witnesses who claim that Bibeau was responsible for collecting illegal political funds from big businesses.

"Bibeau was a political strategist, who kept an eye on donations from large companies," reads the search warrant.

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