A closer look at the Quebec political figures arrested by UPAC

Quebec's anti-corruption unit, UPAC, has made a number of high-profile arrests in connection with allegedillegal campaign financing.

The arrests targeted high-profilemembers of the Quebec Liberal Party are related to illegal campaign financing. Two members of thePartiQubcoisare also implicated.

Here's a rundown of who was arrested.

• Full coverage on the arrests here

Nathalie Normandeau, former Liberal deputy premier

Normandeauwas Quebec's Liberal deputy premier from 2007 to 2011.

She appeared before the Charbonneau Commission in 2014. Shewas named 175 times in the 1700 page document.

Normandeau hosts a radio show in Quebec City. She was suspended following Thursday's arrest.

Marc-Yvan Cot, former longtime Liberal cabinet minister

Cot is a former longtime Liberal cabinet minister. who was first elected as anMNAfor Matane in 1973.

He representedCharlesbourg from 1983 to 1994, serving in the cabinet as transport ministerandminister of health and social services.

Cot was also one of 10 federal Liberals expelled from the party while Paul Martin was prime minister for their roles in the sponsorship scandal.

He was also the vice-president of business development at engineering firmRoche lte, now known as Norda Stelo.

Bruno Lortie,Normandeau'sformer chiefofstaff

Lortie is NathalieNormandeau's former chiefofstaff.

A Liberal party organizer for the 1997 election, he addressed theGomeryCommission in 2005 about envelopes he received in 1997 which contained $120,000 in cash.

France Michaud,formervice-president ofRoche

Michaud is also a former vice-president ofRoche.

• Former Roche VP and ex-Boisbriand mayor found guilty on corruption charges

She was found guilty on severalcorruption-related charges in 2015 along with theex-mayor of Boisbriand. The chargesrelated toa cash-for-contracts schemefor a water-treatment facility.

Ernest Murray, former staffer forPaulineMarois

Murray is a former staffer forPauline Marois in her riding of Charlevoix.

He told the CharbonneauCommission in 2014 he asked for$10,000dollars for Marois' campaign from Roche.

• Marois fundraiser says engineering firm contributed to her 2008 campaign

Franois Roussy,former mayor ofGasp

He's a former mayor ofGasp and a former staffer ofPQ MNAGatan Lelivre.

Mario Martel,former CEO atRoche

• Quebec anti-corruption unit raids Roche engineering firm

Martel is a former chief executive officer atRoche. Earlier this week,UPACfiled criminal charges againstMartelfor tax evasion connected with political financing.