Mr. Georgiou insisted he had been railroaded, and launched a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against St. Michaels. background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 100%); The terms of the settlement are confidential, but the evidence unearthed by Zurich contains a hint about what Mr. Georgiou received. The report touted the number of hours it spent interviewing witnesses (144) and the number of documents it reviewed (3,785) and made several sweeping conclusions. Related To Catherine Aquino, Anthony Aquino, Antonio Aquino, Vincent Aquino, Jennie Aquino. .td_outlined_btn:hover { this.ajax_pagination_infinite_stop = ''; //show load more at page x We know courts, and courts know and trust us. Sign up today. For the preceding two years, Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou had been exchanging secret e-mails on a BlackBerry provided by Mr. Aquino e-mails about Bondfields successful pursuit of a $300-million contract to redevelop the hospital. .wpb_text_column blockquote p, Save the date for our 62nd annual Conference and Expo. .td-author-url a:hover, Your time is valuable. The corporate entities sought to vary the Mareva on the basis that Mr. Aquino had no ongoing ownership interest over certain assets subject to the Order. body .td_block_categories_tags .td-ct-item:hover, -webkit-box-shadow: 0 4px 26px #38a6c1; Her extensive experience as a . a.vc_btn-black:hover, In a statement to The Globe this week, a spokesperson for Osler said the firm had no knowledge of the e-mail deletions. The only problem that September day was that Bondfields go-to IT official, Benny Weinstock, was off for Rosh Hashanah and was prohibited, religiously, from working until the two-day celebration ended at sundown. .td-right-smart-list:hover, Condrain Company (1983) Ltd. has been charged with six counts of criminal negligence causing death in relation to a crash Ontario Construction News staff writer Infrastructure Ontarios rules required the steering committee to be unanimous and his concerns meant the procurement could fail. In its statement, Unity Health characterized Zurichs lawsuit as an attempt to get out of its obligations under the surety bonds, and noted that the healthcare network has countersued the insurer. As far as your story goes, I wont provide any information on the victims, in order to protect them, Pattenden wrote to OCN. #cancel-comment-reply-link:hover, "name": "Around the province" } #bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li a:hover, A pedestrian passes the St. Michael's Hospital emergency entrance this past fall. Johnson Ta. Mr. Georgiou advised Mr. Aquino to keep his temper well known throughout Ontarios construction industry in check. He also co-chaired, with John Aquino, an annual fundraising gala for Runnymede Health Centre, a small hospital in Torontos west end that was redeveloped by Bondfield in 2007. .td-mobile-content .current-menu-item > a, Charges against John Aquino also include break-and-enter, uttering threats .tds-button2 i, border-color: #38a6c1; But on Sept. 15, 2015, he was up against an ancient and immovable force: the Jewish high holidays. The Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) released its2022 Municipal Benchmarking Study last week, examining how local development processes, approvals, and Ontario Construction News staff writer Mr. Aquino was Bondfield's CEO when it won the St. Michael's contract in 2015. .td_block_template_1 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, Ukraine Interior Minister Killed In Helicopter Crash, Greta v. Polizei, Worlds Oldest Person Dies, Didi reopens to new users after $1.2-B fine, Jordan, Latvia and Israel shake up diplomatic corps after Shadow Diplomats investigation ICIJ. But when a team of evaluators first scored the bidders, they put Bondfield in fourth place a ranking that, if allowed to stand, would eliminate the company from the race. On Jan. 5, 2015, just a few weeks before St. Michaels announced it had finally selected Bondfield as the winner, Mr. Georgiou appointed Michael Mendonca as the hospitals new vice-president of facilities. .vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab:hover > a, "They asked him if John Aquino had ever told him about any payments he had made to anyone involved in projects Bondfield was bidding on or had secured. The aggregate value of these projects is in the billions of dollars. .td-load-more-wrap a:hover, this.post_count = 0; //from wp Mr. Mendonca, who also came to the hospital from Infrastructure Ontario, was to report to Mr. Georgiou and help oversee the project. this.is_ajax_running = false; .mce-content-body blockquote p, As for how that information filtered down to Mr. Aquino, Mr. Georgiou told Zurichs lawyers he had no explanation. a.vc_btn-black.vc_btn_square_outlined:hover, John Aquino, an unregistered lobbyist, breached 140-10 and 140-41A by sending a letter on behalf of Bondfield Construction Company Limited ("Bondfield") about the Tender to a City staff lawyer on September 30, 2013, when these communications were not permitted by the City's procurement policies and the procurement document. VICE-PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Learn More David Petrie VP OPERATIONS Learn More Kevin Hicks, CPA, CMA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Learn More Ajith Lokuge, B.Sc. Canadian singing legend, Andy Kim and his nine-piece band headlined the gala, providing the . 2442931 ONTARIO INC., BONDFIELD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, JOHN AQUINO, VASOS GEORGIOU and UNITY HEALTH TORONTO Defendants/Moving Party ORDER THIS MOTION, made by the Defendant, Unity Health Toronto, in writing, for an Order validating and substituting service on the Defendant, John Aquino, to this action, Both Infrastructure Ontario and Unity Health Toronto, the network of hospitals that includes St. Michaels, said in separate statements that they are co-operating with the police. .td_block_template_9 .td-related-title:after { For its part, Unity Health spokeswoman Sabrina Divell told The Globe that St. Michaels had no knowledge at the time about the work done on Mr. Georgious home. } Learn how your comment data is processed. input[type=submit]:hover, font-weight:500; John Aquino, et al. At all times, Osler acted professionally and ethically in advancing its clients interests in this litigation, Ms. Stein-Korte said. Beginning in 2015, BCCL and its affiliated entities (the Bondfiled Group) began to experience liquidity challenges. John Aquino, the former chief executive officer of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd., was a domineering boss who was used to getting his way. These are often referred to as SLAPP suits (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). var tdBlocksArray = []; //here we store all the items for the current page Zurich alleges the unsealed evidence shows: Mr. Georgiou funnelled confidential information to Bondfield throughout the bidding process. Pressed by Zurichs lawyers, though, Mr. Georgiou said thats not at all what Mr. Aquino meant. A Roman Catholic religious order founded the hospital on Bond Street in the 1890s.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. You can receive a daily update of certificates and notices published in Ontario Construction News, sent around 7:30 a.m. each morning. LUCIA CANDERLE, DOMINIC DIPEDE, 2483251 ONTARIO CORP. a.k.a. var td_ajax_url="https:\/\/www.ontarioconstructionnews.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?td_theme_name=Newspaper&v=12.2"; On Jan. 29, 2013 just a few weeks after Mr. Georgiou started his new job at the hospital a Bondfield employee e-mailed Mr. Aquino to tell him he was working on the companys submission. Bondfields statement of claim alleged The Globe article had the clear inference that the contract was awarded because of corruption. The firm was required to conduct a review of its own records when the court-appointed monitor for Bondfield which sought bankruptcy protection in 2019 obtained a judges order requiring anyone with evidence of the deletions to preserve those documents. this.atts = ''; font-size:13px; Mr. Aquino replied, at 11:10 p.m., Good. "@id": "https://www.ontarioconstructionnews.com/", We need to finish a few things at his place. Other e-mails from 2013, 2014 and 2015 show Bondfield staff asked Mr. Aquino for instructions about how to record work done at Vas house or Vass house.. return tdLocalCache.data.hasOwnProperty(resource_id) && tdLocalCache.data[resource_id] !== null; Zurich argues that the alleged collusion should nullify any obligation it has to pay for the completion of the project. I think that is wrong. googletag.defineSlot('/1003600/728x90ocnews', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1663612288383-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); if ( -1 !== navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') && -1 === navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Chrome') ) { In the e-mail exchanges shown at top, a Bondfield staffer tells Mr. Aquino he has found turf for the backyard at Mr. Georgious Toronto home, at bottom right in satellite view, with the house at street view at bottom left. this.td_filter_value = ''; //current live filter value function tdBlock() { John Aquino was the directing mind of Bondfield Construction Company Limited (BCCL), a construction company that operated in and around Toronto, as well as its affiliate, Forma-Con Construction (CC), which performed concrete forming. Zurich, citing this alleged corruption, is seeking a court order rescinding the bonds it issued on the St. Michaels contract. body .td_top_authors .td_mod_wrap:hover .td-author-comments-count, htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-chrome'; He was part of a steering committee of four senior officials who approved the shortlist of bidders, and another steering committee of four who ultimately recommended Bondfield win the contract decisions by consensus that, he says, eliminated any outsized influence he may have tried to wield. body .tdm-social-item i { John Aquino, Bondfields former president, is a target of the SFO probe as well. As for why Mr. Georgiou continued to involve himself in the project, and assert his influence with Mr. Mendonca, Mr. Georgiou insists he received no financial compensation for doing so. if ( user_agent.indexOf("android") > -1 ) { .dropcap, ,{ Four months later, in July, Mr. Georgiou and Mr. Aquino were again concerned about Mr. Mendonca jumping ship. .tdm_block_column_content:hover .tdm-col-content-title-url .tdm-title, "name": "Home" John Aquino, the former chief executive officer of Bondfield, is seen in his SUV outside Bondfields office in Vaughan, Ont., on April 20, 2020.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail. The next Globe story, published on Sept. 24, 2015, detailed this conflict of interest, and Mr. Georgious failure to disclose his ties to Mr. Aquino before the procurement. By the end of this exercise, more than 5,000 messages were wiped from the companys system, forensic examiners would later determine. .td-page-title, It is the first major test of the capabilities of the SFO, which was created in 2018 in response to criticism that law enforcement has struggled to properly investigate and prosecute complex white-collar crime. } The evaluators gave the company a design score of 70.74 per cent only a hair above the 70-per-cent threshold for disqualification. The Globe and Mail reported last week that arrest followed an investigation by YRP detectives of several complaints from current and former staff of Bondfield in Vaughan. Even after Mr. Georgiou was fired by St. Michaels in 2015, he continued to use his influence to help Bondfield. In an e-mailed statement, a spokesperson for Metrolinx, the provincial agency that oversees GO Transit, said it learned about this allocation because of The Globes inquiries. He didnt pay because he was a friend and a client, he said. .tds-button5:hover i, The Globe and Mail reported that the complainants include two Bondfield officials who allege Aquino threatened to kill them in the months before he was fired in 2018, and one employee who alleged Aquino returned to a Bondfield storage facility in April of this year and assaulted him with a weapon. .td-category-title-holder .td-page-title { He has lived in Ottawa since 1981. .tds-button2 .tdm-btn-text, .td_shadow_btn, .widget_calendar tfoot a:hover, body .td_block_list_menu li.current-menu-ancestor > a, VICE-PRESIDENT, ESTIMATING AND PROCUREMENT Learn More Natasha Vieira, B.A (Honours) [] Alessandra Aquino, B. ENG, MBA, Vice President of Project Development. The monitor and . That ruling has been appealed and a decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal has yet to be released. On Dec. 18, 2012, Bondfields John Aquino, one of the companys owners, received an e-mail from a colleague, vas is in!. .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-list a:hover, Two days later, they returned with new scores, and this time Bondfield had moved into third place, replacing Turner Construction, which had been knocked down to fourth. He said all four members of Mr. Georgious committee directed his team to rescore the bidders. In 2014 in the middle of the St. Michaels procurement Bondfields then controller, Domenic Dipede, exchanged e-mails with another Potentia shareholder, Ted Manziaris, about Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou investing. .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .sfHover > a, Mr. Dipede wrote that Mr. Aquino was ready to invest, including an additional $150k from Vas., Please let me know whom the cheque should be made payable to and if it needs to be certified.. "; .wpb_tabs li.ui-tabs-active a, The top two floors remain under construction, Ms. Divell said. if ( -1 !== navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac OS X') ) { [17] John Aquino's employment with the Bondfield Group was terminated on October 15, .comment-content blockquote p, var td_magnific_popup_translation_tCounter="%curr% of %total%"; In the e-mail, Mr. Aquino directed a Bondfield staffer to charge the work on Mr. Georgious home to Pick Go. This is a reference to a parking garage Bondfield was building at the time at a Pickering, Ont., GO Transit station, Zurich alleges. background: -webkit-gradient(left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.8)), color-stop(100%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7))); This backchannel was in contravention of numerous procurement rules, and if anyone discovered the e-mails, it would mean trouble for both men. Mr. Marafioti was first hired at Sunnybrook in 1989. The alleged kickbacks were discovered by Zurich after it launched a lawsuit last year against Mr. Georgiou, Mr. Aquino and Unity Health Toronto the hospital network that includes St. Michaels arguing the two men orchestrated a bid-rigging scheme to ensure Bondfield won the contract. On Sept. 25, the company disseminated a statement, calling The Globes reporting false allegations. The Ontario General Contractors Association, which Mr. Aquino had recently chaired at the time, reprinted Bondfields statement, and encouraged its members to refrain from commenting on the allegations in the media. }, Late last month, York Regional Police laid seven criminal charges against former Bondfield Construction Co. chief executive officer John Aquino. John Aquino, the former chief executive officer of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd., was a domineering boss who was used to getting his way. In an e-mail to The Globe, Mr. Ciccolini says he was merely offering his support because of his long-standing relationship with John Aquinos father, Ralph. #bbpress-forums .bbp-forum-freshness a:hover, Mr. MacNaughton could not be reached for comment. The company also recently redeveloped the offices of the Sunnybrook Foundation, which is not taxpayer funded. We'll see you in San Antonio! .td_block_wrap .td-subcat-item a.td-cur-simple-item { .td-pulldown-syle-3 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more i, Mr. Georgiou also was supplied with his own bondfield.com e-mail address. 0 0 805 All Time 0. A warren of crowded hallways with low-hanging ceilings, much of the facility belies the hospitals world-class reputation for research and care. Bondfield's financing for St. Michael's project meant it wouldn't receive any taxpayer support from the public-private partnership until after the patient-care tower was finished. In the meantime, our focus will remain on what has been our priority for more than 130 years and what matters even more right now caring for those who need us most during this unprecedented pandemic, she said. } The Mareva was brought against John Aquino by Ernst & Young Inc., in its capacity as court-appointed monitor of Bondfield Construction Company Limited. "; } "; In addition to $2-million in proceeds that allegedly flowed from the phony companies to Mr. Anastasio, forensic auditors also allege they have traced $5.2-million that flowed to Mr. Aquino from 2014 to 2019, court records show. Now, a recently established investigative agency of police officers and prosecutors, Ontarios Serious Fraud Office, has launched a sweeping probe into Mr. Aquino, Mr. Georgiou and the procurement. In making the award, the court concluded that "the looting of Bondfield by its CEO, John Aquino, and the other Bondfield Respondents to the tune of tens of millions of dollars rises to the level of reprehensible and scandalous behaviour that attracts the sanction of substantial indemnity costs." _____ The letter it sent him cited his involvement in the false-invoice scheme, as well as his failure to disclose his work for Mr. Aquinos companies. "position": 2, })(); htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-ios'; .tdm_block_pricing .tdm-pricing-feature i, Aquino was also charged with breaking and entering after allegedly entering the companys headquarters in April with the intent to steal documents, Pattenden said in an e-mailed statement to the newspaper, which reported that neither Aquino nor his lawyer have responded to requests for comment. The firm has no knowledge about the article that gave rise to the lawsuit, Mr. Matheson said. In his statement to The Globe, Mr. DuHamel of Sunnybrook said no one had informed the hospital about the testimony. .td-search-form-widget .wpb_button:hover, On Feb. 14, 2017, the two men exchanged e-mails about a proposed casino development in Vancouver that one of Mr. Aquinos neighbours was involved in financing. Born April 20, 1948 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list Known for Blow Out 7.4 Detective Mackey 1981 And Justice for All 7.4 Deputy Sheriff 1979 Ryan's Hope 7.3 TV Series .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title:before, This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. var tdc_is_installed="yes"; .dropcap3, Despite being terminated with cause the result of which was supposed to be the full termination of all of his compensation Mr. Georgiou received his full salary for another 18 months. .td-trending-now-wrapper:hover .td-trending-now-title, Back Submit. But on Sept. 15, 2015, he was up against an ancient. var tdb_modal_confirm="Save"; #td-mobile-nav .td-menu-socials-wrap a:hover i, "@context": "http://schema.org", } .td-subfooter-menu li a:hover, Have the Top Business Headlines newsletter conveniently delivered to your inbox in the morning or evening. "item": { htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-android'; After the bids were submitted, the details of each were supposed to be confidential. Turner Construction has an office in Toronto, but is headquartered in New York. When The Globe asked St. Michaels why it hired someone to oversee a $300-million procurement who had been embroiled in a fraud on a public university, the hospital had a simple answer: No one, including officials from Infrastructure Ontario, told it anything about this. .td-post-category:hover, Notify me of follow-up comments by email. But Mr. Aquino knew Bondfields computer servers held evidence of something worse. if ( /(iPad|iPhone|iPod)/g.test(navigator.userAgent) ) { body .td_top_authors .td_mod_wrap:hover .td-author-post-count, The company was in big trouble. A pedestrian passes the St. Michael's Hospital emergency entrance this past fall. gtag('config', 'UA-126742684-1'); .td-instagram-user a, $19 Million Mini Biography John Aquino was created on Apr 20, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pa, USA as John Michael Grochowina. .block-title > label, Bondfield, meanwhile, launched a $125-million libel lawsuit against The Globe. And it issued him a stern warning: He was forbidden from using confidential information he had obtained during the procurement and from providing services to any company working on the hospital. this.found_posts = 0; //from wp Andy Pattenden confirmed in an email to Ontario Construction News (OCN) on Monday. - Google Street View The former CEO of a once-major Vaughan development firm was arrested on a raft of criminal charges including assault with a weapon, break-and-enter and four counts of uttering threats. .td-footer-wrapper .td-post-category, He is an actor, known for Blow Out (1981), And Justice for All (1979) and Ryan's Hope (1975). As The Globe has reported previously, the SFO is also investigating alleged corruption at Torontos St. Michaels Hospital, which, in partnership with Infrastructure Ontario, selected Bondfield in 2014 to lead its $300-million redevelopment. 1.. #td-mobile-nav .td-register-section a:hover, "item": { "@type": "WebPage", } var td_user_incorrect="Username incorrect! If the insurance giant is successful, it raises questions about who will ultimately pay for the redevelopment, which is 3 years behind schedule and has left the hospital with an unfinished project in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. ( function () { "; In an e-mailed statement to The Globe and Mail he said he could not provide a detailed comment while the matter was under investigation. In April, 2012, about seven months before Mr. Georgiou started negotiations to join St. Michaels, Mr. Aquino e-mailed one of his subordinates: Call vas. 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They asked him if John Aquino had ever told him about any payments he had made to anyone involved in projects Bondfield was bidding on or had secured. background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 100%); In doing so, Aquino siphoned off tens of millions of dollars from Bondfield. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; Copyright Of The Record 2020 All rights reserved. #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-started-by a:hover, Bondfield, represented by the team at Osler, filed a notice of libel and later launched a $125-million defamation lawsuit against The Globe, its publisher and three Globe reporters. color: #38a6c1; As for the project itself, St. Michaels has opened six floors of the new tower for patient care, as well as a COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Contact us: [email protected], 2023 26750547 Ontario Ltd., Ontario Construction News, 1554 Carling Ave. Suite 57, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7M4 (888) 627-8717 ext 114. An Ontario Superior Court judge found that those funds were illegitimately transferred to subcontractors for services that were never delivered. } .td_block_template_11 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, In response to e-mailed questions from The Globe, Linda Robinson, the then-chair of Infrastructure Ontarios board and a former partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, said: I am not going to comment on matters that were reviewed at great length and in painstaking detail by the legal and accounting firms five years ago., Michael Lindsay, the new CEO of Infrastructure Ontario, said in an e-mailed statement that, because the agency selects winners by consensus as part of a committee, it is virtually impossible for individuals to influence the outcome., As for the investigators failure to uncover the secret e-mails between Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou, or the evidence of the home renovations and other alleged benefits, Mr. Lindsay chalked that up to the limitations of private investigators. var td_email_user_empty="Email or username empty! border-color: #38a6c1 !important; That is why clients turn to us to solve their most complex legal problems. .tdm-btn-style1 { In an e-mail, a spokesperson for the hospital said it is co-operating fully with the investigation and has retained a law firm to investigate. This article was published more than 1 year ago. Sirs. Previous post There is no more story. Bondfield's information was based on rumors and the unfounded assumption that France and Spain would undertake combined operations in the West Indies in 1780. Manipulated invoices for the renovation and improvement of Ralph Aquino's G, residence approved by Steven Aquino and Ralph Aquino and paid for by Bondfield Construction Company Limited Photo of Steven Aquino, John Aquino, and Joe Anastasio, amongst others, at the H World of Concrete Exposition in January 2017 See You Next Year. Under questioning by Zurichs lawyer, Matthew Lerner, Mr. Aquino acknowledged Bondfield performed all of this work free of charge. #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-permalink:hover, .page-nav .current, (Mr. Georgiou was also suing St. Michaels for wrongful dismissal. For his part, Mr. Georgiou denied, in his examination, having any interest whatsoever in the buildings. .td-rating-bar-wrap div, var tds_snap_menu="smart_snap_always"; "@type": "ListItem", htmlTag.className += ' ie10'; John Matheson, general counsel of StrategyCorp., said in an interview he cannot talk about the firms business with current or former clients. } #td-mobile-nav .td-menu-login-section a:hover, .td-left-smart-list:hover, When Mr. Dipede replied that, indeed, Mr. Aquinos name was in the public filings associated with the building, Mr. Aquino responded: So this reporter could find out., At 2 a.m. on Sept. 10, Mr. Aquino sent instructions to Mr. Dipede and Mr. Aquinos younger brother, Steve: We need to hire the best libel lawyer to go against The Globe. John Aquino also mused about leaning on an associate, who he believed had a relationship with a member of the Thomson family the owners of Woodbridge Co. 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