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Contractors accused of rigging Manitoba Housing bids plead guilty, face fines (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] phoenixz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How about jail time?

Fines always end up being cost of business

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

For whatever it's worth...

Crown attorney Dan Manning told court there were issues with the case that led to this being a fair and reasonable deal. This included a key witness who entered an immunity agreement with the bureau and who the defence argued was unreliable and self-serving.

A motion had been filed to get the charges thrown out because of the delay in charging the contractors, court heard, and there were issues with some of the seized evidence.

"We normally would be seeking jail time for these kinds of offences," Manning said after the hearing. "But with some of the issues we had … we came to a fair solution."