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A Malaysian governor and his family are accused in a lawsuit of funneling proceeds of corruption into Canadian real estate, with a Swiss environmental group pressing some of Canada’s biggest financial firms to turn over information on how the money flowed.

Sarawak Governor Abdul Mahmud Taib’s family used the money to fund the expansion of the Ottawa-based real estate company Sakto Group’s $250 million real estate empire, according to a lawsuit unsealed this week by an Ontario judge and provided to Bloomberg by the nonprofit and its law firm.

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“If the plaintiffs’ evidence is correct, there may be very significant criminal misconduct being committed here in aid of corrupt foreign official(s),” Justice Frederick Myers said in ordering that the court documents be made public.

Bruno-Manser-Fonds, a Swiss nonprofit that works to conserve tropical rainforests, sued Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Manulife Financial Corp. and Deloitte & Touche for information about the flow of money into Sakto, using the corruption allegations against Taib and his family to support its claim. The group is seeking the information to gauge whether there are grounds for a criminal case against the real estate group.