MONTREAL—An undercover agent was used to flesh out a $10-million bribe offer to a key witness in the case of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption. The agent, posing as a consultant, entered discussions with Kyres over a proposed payment in exchange for Ben Aissa changing his story about his financial dealings with Bebawi. Ben Aissa has testified that he refused the offer received through his Swiss attorneys, choosing instead to alert Canadian authorities. Bebawi, 73, faces eight charges, including fraud, corruption, laundering proceeds of crime, possession of stolen goods and bribery of foreign officials. It is alleged that what was left in those accounts was split between Ben Aissa and Bebawi.

Source: thestar November 27, 2019 19:52 UTC