The former head of the company’s global construction arm admitted to bribery, corruption and money laundering in 2014. He pleaded guilty in a Swiss court.
But the Quebec-based engineering firm has long insisted that Riadh Ben Aïssa was acting alone and in secret.
“The Libyan bribes were disguised by Riadh Ben Aïssa as part of normal project costs,” former board chair Gwyn Morgan told CBC News in a recent email. “There was simply no means for board members to detect them.”
Ben Aïssa has a very different story to tell. He is back in Canada after having spent more than two years in prison in Switzerland