Ex-SNC-Lavalin execs acquitted of bribery charges after wiretap evidence nixed
TORONTO – Two former top executives of SNC-Lavalin and a Canadian businessman have been acquitted in an international bribery case.
An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed the case today at the prosecution’s request.
Former SNC-Lavalin executives Kevin Wallace and Ramesh Shah and Canadian businessman Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan had pleaded not guilty.
The case related to alleged bribery of foreign officials about a construction contract in Bangladesh.
Last month, Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer ruled that wiretap evidence had to be excluded.
As a result, the prosecution on Friday elected to call no evidence and the accused were acquitted, a prosecution spokeswoman said.
Wallace, a former vice-president, was initially arrested and charged in 2013.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version incorrectly calledZulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan a former SNC-Lavalin employee.
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