![]() ![]() The 168-page sentencing document, reviewed by Reuters, portrays a pervasive pattern of Tokmakjian wooing public officials and executives of his joint venture partners. A Cuban court ruled that the gifts were used to help direct lucrative contracts to Tokmakjian's transportation company, which over 20 years became one of the most successful foreign companies on the communist-led island. Tokmakjian, 74, was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison and $100 million of his company's assets were seized. REUTERS/Raffi Tokmakjian/handout via Reutersīy Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - Dinners at fancy restaurants, week-long family vacations and a flat-screen TV: the bribes that Cuba accused Canadian businessman Cy Tokmakjian of giving Cuban officials were modest by corruption standards in many developing nations. Canadian transport executive Cy Tokmakjian holds hands with his wife Helen in an undated family photo released to Reuters in Toronto September 29, 2014.
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