Revenue Minister Robert Dutil said the money comes from income tax paid by Lacroix in 2005.

With interest, the amount to be given back to investors is $6.7 million.

The sum is a far cry from the $100 million Lacroix scammed from some 9,200 investors.

Dutil said investors may be able to recoup more money in the future.

Lacroix sent his victims a letter of apology, after pleading guilty to 200 fraud-related charges and then being immediately incarcerated.