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ARTICLE · 21 AUGUST 2013

Ottawa Businessman Convicted Of Foreign Corruption

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Ottawa businessman Nazir Karigar has been convicted of agreeing to offer bribes to public officials in India in order to obtain preferential treatment for a bid submitted by Cryptometrics to supply facial recognition software and related equipment to Air India.

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Ottawa businessman Nazir Karigar has been convicted of agreeing to offer bribes to public officials in India in order to obtain preferential treatment for a bid submitted by Cryptometrics to supply facial recognition software and related equipment to Air India.

Mr Karigar was charged under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). The CFPOA makes it an offence in Canada to bribe foreign officials in order to obtain an advantage in the course of business. The Act is drafted broadly, and includes offering a bribe or agreeing to offer a bribe in the prohibition.

Regional Senior Justice Hackland held that Mr Karigar conspired with two individuals representing Cryptometrics Inc. (a US company) and Cryptometrics Canada Inc. to offer bribes to certain Air India officials and India's Minister of Civil Aviation.

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