SNC-Lavalin honcho goes to jail
Sami Bebawi, who’s already done time for corruption in connection with the SNC‑Lavalin scandals, is off to prison again with a ten‑year sentence because he refuses to pay a $24.5‑million fine. Bebawi is 79 years old.
Thursday morning, Radio-Canada reports that Bebawi has avoided prison, instead going to a halfway house. The decision was based on a calculation only partially revealed in the article, but seemingly coming down to the fact it was a white collar crime and nobody got shanked.
dwgs 11:49 on 2026-04-09 Permalink
Even if he went to prison and did a full ten years (neither of which would ever happen) it would still be the equivalent of earning 2.45 million dollars a year.
Nicholas 16:46 on 2026-04-09 Permalink
Anyone who loses track of his millions in Dubai can probably afford to pay someone to drive his car, parked in front of the courthouse, back home. Should have taken the metro.