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Former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Normand Morin has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme related to the repair of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge in Montreal. The police investigation revealed that SNC-Lavalin executives paid bribes of $2.23 million to secure a $128-million contract in the early 2000s. In a related case, former CEO of the Federal Bridge Corporation Michel Fournier previously received a sentence of five-and-a-half years for accepting bribes through Swiss bank accounts. SNC-Lavalin, now known as AtkinsRealis, agreed to pay Quebec nearly $30 million in 2022 to settle criminal bribery charges stemming from the bridge project.

Normand Morin, a former senior vice-president at engineering firm SNC-Lavalin, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his involvement in a bribery scheme related to a bridge repair contract in Montreal. The investigation revealed that SNC-Lavalin executives paid bribes of $2.23 million to secure a $128 million contract to repair the Jacques-Cartier Bridge deck in the early 2000s. Morin’s conviction and sentence follow the earlier admission of guilt and sentencing of Michel Fournier, former CEO of the Federal Bridge Corp., who received a 5.5-year prison sentence for accepting bribes in Swiss bank accounts from 1997 to 2004. SNC-Lavalin agreed in 2022 to pay Quebec nearly $30 million over three years to settle bribery charges stemming from the same project.