A former hospital executive and the ex-president of a major Ontario construction company have been found guilty of fraud for their actions during the bidding process for the $300-million expansion of a downtown Toronto hospital.

Vas Georgiou, former chief administrative officer at St. Michael's Hospital, and John Aquino, ex-president of Bondfield Construction, received the guilty verdicts on two counts each of fraud over $5,000 in a Toronto courtroom Tuesday morning.

"The evidence that the defendants acted dishonestly over the course of the procurement process is overwhelming," Superior Court Justice Peter Bawden said in his ruling.

The judge said insider information that Georgiou provided to Aquino via secret emails was "confidential, highly material and obviously intended to assist Bo

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