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More here, with this from the RCMP:A director general of an intelligence unit within the RCMP has been arrested and charged, Global News has confirmed.
Sources tell Global News Cameron Ortis is facing multiple charges under both the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act.
A statement from the RCMP confirmed those charges “stem from activities alleged to have occurred during his tenure as an RCMP employee.”
Ortis is charged with:
•Section 14(1) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 22(1)(b) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 22(1)(e) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 122 of the Criminal Code
•Section 342.1(1) of the Criminal Code
Those charges relate specifically with unauthorized leaking of sensitive operational information and breach of trust, as well as unauthorized use of a computer.
The other counts refer to “obtaining, retaining or gaining access” to information and possessing a device “useful for concealing the content of information or surreptitiously communicating, obtaining or retaining information.
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Sources tell Global News the investigation was extensive and that Ortis was arrested on Thursday in Ottawa.
He holds a Ph.D from the University of British Columbia focusing on cybersecurity in East Asia ...
The RCMP can confirm that Cameron Ortis was charged under:
•Section 14(1) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 22(1)(b) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 22(1)(e) of the Security of Information Act
•Section 122 of the Criminal Code
•Section 342.1(1) of the Criminal Code
The charges stem from activities alleged to have occurred during his tenure as an RCMP employee.
As this investigation is ongoing, we will not be making any other comment at this time.
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