MONTREAL -- Three men charged in a $120-million fraud case dating back more than 15 years have been convicted on most of the charges they faced.
A jury found Ronald Weinberg, John Xanthoudakis and Lino Matteo guilty in a Montreal courtroom today.
Weinberg co-founded the Cinar animation company, which created popular children's shows such as "Arthur" and "Caillou."
Xanthoudakis is the former head of Norshield Financial Group Inc. and Matteo was president of the Mount Real investment firm.
The three men were charged with transferring funds from Cinar to the Bahamas nearly 20 years ago.
They were imprisoned today pending sentencing arguments Monday after a trial that began in May 2014.
Weinberg's spouse, Micheline Charest, died in 2004 from complications suffered during plastic surgery.
