Former SNC-Lavalin executive begins 10-year prison sentence after corruption conviction

lapresse.ca (French)

Former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi was arrested and began a 10-year prison sentence after attempting to delay his incarceration. Bebawi, 79, was ordered to immediately begin serving his sentence after failing to pay a $24.5 million fine related to a corruption scheme involving bribes for contracts in Libya. He had previously been sentenced to eight and a half years in 2020 and made several last-minute attempts to avoid jail time.


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