CANADA...FORMER WINNIPEG CAO MUST PAY$327K RECEIVED AS BRIBE TO CITY AS DAMAGES...Judge Rules

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada:

A judge has decided how a former head of Winnipeg's public service must repay a $327,200 bribe.

In a decision published Wednesday, Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal ruled former Winnipeg chief administrative officer Phil Sheegl must pay the city $327,200 in damages.

In March, Joyal ruled the former CAO received a bribe and breached his duty as a senior city official in 2011, when Sheegl accepted $327,200 payment from Armik Babakhanians, the owner of Caspian Construction.
That payment was made days after Sheegl, acting as Winnipeg's CAO, awarded Caspian a police headquarters construction contract later set at $137 million, according to court documents.