Category: bribery allegations

Police Lay No Charges Against Former Unifor Head Jerry Dias in Alleged Bribery Case

May 25, 2023
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Former Unifor president Jerry Dias was not charged as the result of an investigation launched last year into allegations that the longtime union leader accepted a bribe, Toronto police said Thursday. The police’s financial crimes unit began investigating the former president of Canada’s largest private sector union last spring after the union handed over money…

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Ex-LA Councilman Huizar Corruption Trial Delayed Until 2023

April 30, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A judge has granted a delay until next year in the trial of former L.A. Councilman José Huizar on federal bribery and racketeering charges, court papers obtained on April 29 show. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter had initially scheduled a trial in October for Huizar and his co-defendant, former Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan,…

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SNC-Lavalin and 2 Former Execs Charged With Fraud and Forgery

September 23, 2021
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The RCMP has arrested and laid charges against two former SNC-Lavalin executives, who are now facing multiple criminal charges including fraud, fraud against the government, forgery, and conspiracy, police said on Sept. 23. The two men, identified as Normand Morin, a former vice-president of SNC-Lavalin, and Kamal Francis, a former vice-president of SNC-Lavalin International Inc., were charged,…

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