Normand Morin has been sentenced to 42 months
A former executive vice president of Montreal engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for corruption and fraud.
Norman Morin faces 42 months for Fraud over $5,000, 36 months for Fraud on the Government and 24 months for Forgery, for his involvement in the political scandal which saw $2.3 million in bribes paid by company executives in return for the award of the Jacques-Cartier bridge repair contract in the early 2000s.
Michel Fournier, former CEO of the Federal Bridge Corporation, admitted receiving the money through Swiss bank accounts over a seven year period. He was jailed for five and a half years in 2017 and said that the time that he had lost most of the bribe money through high-risk investments, with only $775K left according to a CBC report.
This led to SNC-Lavalin Inc. and SNC-Lavalin International Inc. agreeing to make payments of around $30 million to the Government of Quebec to settle criminal bribery charges. Court proceedings against another former executive are ongoing.
The charges followed an extensive investigation, named Agrafe, conducted by the RCMP with Morin found guilty of the three charges last month. He was sentenced this week.
"After a lengthy and complex investigation, we are happy with the outcome. I am proud of the professional work of all involved,” said Inspector Guy-Michel Nkili – Officer in Charge of RCMP International Anti-Corruption Team with Sensitive and International Investigations Unit.
