MONTREAL—The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine−year legal battle. Prosecutor François Blanchette told a Quebec court judge Thursday he wouldn’t be able to meet the court’s deadline to release the Crown’s evidence against Tony Accurso and four other defendants. The ex-construction magnate was accused of having helped organize a scheme with entrepreneur Francesco Bruno and accountant Francesco Fiorino to bribe Revenue Canada agents Adriano Furgiuele and Antonio Girardi with about $250,000 in order to avoid paying tax. Quebec court Judge Mélanie Hébert had ordered the prosecution to divulge evidence involving 600 boxes of documents seized by the Canada Revenue Agency 12 years ago. But Blanchette told the judge his office couldn’t meet the deadline imposed by a 2016 Supreme Court of Canada decision that capped the length of trials. In 2018, Accurso received a four-year prison term …