Three arrested after personal data stolen and sold from Quebec's auto insurance board

Three arrested in connection with data leak
Three arrested in connection with data leak
A person walks past an office for the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ), in Montreal on Thursday, Oct., 2, 2025.
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Three people are facing criminal charges after personal data was allegedly stolen from Quebec's auto insurance board and then sold.

In a news release, the provincial anti-corruption unit says those arrested were a former employee and her two accomplices. 

Police allege the employee in question used her position at the auto insurance board to access a confidential database and sell information to the two accomplices.

All three are facing charges of a breach of trust by a public official and unauthorized use of computers. 

The former employee is also facing fraud charges.

The three accused will appear at the Montreal courthouse on Dec. 17.

According to the news release, the Canadian Border Services Agency tipped off the anti-corruption unit during a firearms smuggling investigation.

The unit collaborated with the auto insurance board's investigation department to find the origin of the data leak.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2026.

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