MONTREAL - Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of helping a public servant commit breach of trust in connection with a bribery scandal around the construction of a $1.3-billion Montreal hospital. Duhaime has pleaded guilty to a charge of helping a public servant commit breach of trust for his role in a bribe scandal around the construction of a $1.3-billion Montreal hospital. Elbaz, a former MUHC senior manager, pleaded guilty in December to accepting a bribe and was sentenced to 39 months in prison. Former SNC-Lavalin executive Riadh Ben Aissa pleaded guilty to a charge of using forged documents last July and was sentenced to 51 months in prison. Porter’s wife, Pamela, was arrested later and in 2014 pleaded guilty to laundering the proceeds of crime.

Source: thestar February 01, 2019 15:07 UTC