An ex-employee from a service point of the Quebec Automobile Insurance Company (SAAQ) in Montreal-North was accused of having diverted for his personal benefit from tens of thousands of dollars paid by customers of the body.
Posted at 11:47 a.m.
“We estimate fraud at around $ 36,000,” said Mathieu Galarneau, spokesperson for the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC), the organization that conducted the investigation in this case.
Mohamed-Issa N’Diaye, 21 years old and Montreal-North, is accused of fraud and unauthorized use of a computer for gestures committed between March and September 2024. He must appear before the Court on February 10 next. At the time of the facts, he worked for the Montreal-North Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Saaq representative.
“The accused used his computer access to divert sums of money from SAAQ customers for personal purposes,” said Galarneau.
SAAQ management had abruptly announced the closure of this point of service last September. The organization said it made its decision “following reports aimed at certain employees of the agent”, the Montreal-Nord Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
-The press had revealed in the process that the SAAQ had carried out an internal investigation after being informed of an alleged corruption scheme involving a network of fraudulent resale of used vehicles to this branch. According to the denunciation received, people paid a bridge pot to facilitate the facility of transaction documents.
According to a source, several men active in the trade of used vehicles happened the word at the time and frequented the same branch. Whoever explained to him how the system works completely spoke of a “cartel”.
However, the UPAC did not specify Friday if Mr. N’Diaye’s file is linked to this denunciation or if it is another separate case.
At the SAAQ, spokesperson Gino Desrosiers said on Friday that “this announcement of the commissioner for the fight against corruption demonstrates the merits of our approach, an administrative investigation followed by a complaint following the results”. “We will not make additional comments in this file so as not to harm the current legal process,” he added.
The demand related to the closed point of Montreal-North, which served around 300 customers on a daily basis, has since been transferred to other approved SAAQ centers.