Former Government Employee Sentenced for Breach of Trust

The RCMP says a former public servant who used his position at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) to benefit a company he owned has been sentenced for breach of trust. The RCMP said that between 2016 and 2018, Marc Primeau “inappropriately used his position” at ISED to direct the agency to make purchases totalling $231,663.48 from Access Security Logistix (ASL), “a company that he fully owned.” On Aug. 29, he received a 24-month conditional sentence for a breach of trust contrary to Section 122 of the Criminal Code. “Due to his position within ISED, Mr. Primeau was the person responsible for ensuring that goods were properly received from ASL to ISED, while concealing his relationship with ASL from ISED,” the RCMP said in a Sept. 4 release....