Category: breach of trust

Financial Institutions AMP and MLC Fined Millions for Breaching Customers’ Trust

Australia’s Federal Court has issued AMP Group with a $24 million (US$16 million) fine for charging over 2000 deceased customers life insurance premiums and advice fees for nearly a decade. Additionally, the court has also fined MLC $10 million (US$6.6 million) for failing to pay benefits to nearly 120 injured or disabled customers it had promised…


Tories Question Trudeau After Report Shows RCMP Mulled Charging PM Over Aga Khan Island Trip

The Conservatives are challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the release of RCMP documents that show the police had considered charging the prime minister over his 2016 vacation at the Aga Khan’s private island in the Bahamas. The RCMP documents from 2019, recently obtained by the Globe and Mail through an access-to-information request, say the police had looked…


Toronto Cop Faces Multiple Charges After Allegedly Taking Missing Person’s Debit Card

A veteran Toronto Police officer is facing charges including theft after he allegedly stole a debit card belonging to a missing person whom he was assigned to investigate. The missing person investigation was started in 53 Division on Feb. 17, and one of the officers assigned to the case took possession of the missing person’s…


Former Federal Scientist Charged With Fraud for Alleged Links to Chinese University

A former federal scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has been charged with fraud and breach of trust for allegedly covertly working for a Chinese university while employed by the Canadian government. The RCMP issued a statement on Dec. 10 saying Yantai Gan, 65, was arrested on Nov. 9, 2019, at AAFC’s facility in…


Former Federal Scientist in Canada Charged With Fraud for Alleged Links to Chinese University

A former federal scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has been charged with fraud and breach of trust for allegedly covertly working for a Chinese university while employed by the Canadian government. The RCMP issued a statement on Dec. 10 saying Yantai Gan, 65, was arrested on Nov. 9, 2019, at AAFC’s facility in…


Ex-Canada Space Agency Engineer Charged With ‘Breach of Trust’ for Allegedly Working With Chinese Firm: RCMP

A former Canadian Space Agency (CSA) engineer has been charged with breach of trust for allegedly working on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) says. Wanping Zheng, 61, was charged by a public officer on Dec. 7, after an investigation by the RCMP pointed to “illegal activities” carried out…