SNC-Lavalin executive avoids prison for now

ici.radio-canada.ca (French)

Sami Bebawi, former SNC-Lavalin executive, has been moved to a halfway house instead of returning to prison. A judge ordered Bebawi's re-incarceration for failing to pay a $25 million fine. However, Correctional Service Canada's calculations, based on pre-2011 sentencing rules, allowed for his transfer to a community residential facility. Bebawi was convicted of fraud, corruption, and money laundering. His legal team's repeated appeals may have been a strategy to avoid further jail time.


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