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Ex-Winnipeg CAO accepted bribe, could be on hook for $700K, court rules
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Former City of Winnipeg CAO Phil Sheegl could be on the hook for more than $700,000 in damages and restitution after a judge agreed with the city’s claim he accepted a bribe tied to construction of the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters.
“The city has persuaded me… that the elements of bribery have been satisfied,” Queen’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal said in a 126-page ruling released Tuesday.
In a lawsuit filed in January 2020, the city alleges contractor Caspian Construction, “in concert” with two dozen other defendants, including Sheegl, conspired and “schemed” to inflate the cost of the project for their own benefit.
The city filed its lawsuit after a five-year RCMP investigation ende