Two Quebec men were found guilty Wednesday in the largest fraud trial in Greater Sudbury's history.
Paul Caron and Dirk Plate were each found guilty of one count of fraud over $5,000, one count of theft over $5,000, one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit theft.
The allegations are related to Atlas Copco's Sudbury operations, where as much as $24 million went missing in the complicated case.
According to published reports, three Atlas Copco employees were accused of being in on the fraud scheme and putting millions worth of kickbacks into their own bank accounts.
The third man, Leo Caron, pled guilty in 2014 and was sentenced to five years. He testified for the Crown during the trial, which began in April, almost four years after the charges were laid.
Caron represented himself at the trial, while Plate was represented by lawyer Ralph Steinberg.
The pair will return to court in Oct. 25 for a sentencing hearing.
A fuller story will be released shortly on Sudbury.com.
