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Accurso was on trial facing charges related to having paid Furgiuele and Girardi more than $700,000 in bribes to help him in the alleged scheme to reduce the reported incomes of his companies.
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Crown prosecutor François Blanchette said he was obligated to ask for a stay of proceedings Thursday, saying the disclosure of evidence required by Quebec Court Judge Mélanie Hébert can’t be accomplished in a reasonable timeframe.
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A trial involving allegations that construction magnate Antonio “Tony” Accurso bribed Canada Revenue Agency auditors to reduce reported income of his companies was suspended Thursday after a Quebec Court judge ordered the Crown to turn over more evidence to defence lawyers.
Judge Mélanie Hébert ordered the prosecution to turn over “all of the documents seized by (Canada Revenue Agency) during the search warrants executed in 2008 and 2009 within the framework of Project Legaux,” unless they have no pertinence to the case.
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