Former ICBC employee charged in relation to Justice Institute attacks

A former ICBC employee has been charged for her alleged role in a series of attacks on the homes and vehicles of 15 people involved with the Justice Institute of B.C.

Candy Elaine Rheaume faces one charge for using ICBCdata for unauthorized purposes.

It comes more thanfive years after she was fired for her alleged role in the attacks on staff and students oftheJustice Institute of B.C.

From April 2011 to Jan. 2012, there were 23 attacks 19 arsons and four shootings onthehomes and vehicles of J.I. employees, spanning nine different municipalities.

Rheaumewas fired in 2011 when RCMP began investigating the attacks which were still ongoing at the time and learned from ICBC of apossible link to the crimes involving a privacy breach.

"The investigation ...established that a then-ICBC employee had queried the 15victims' licence plates and accessed their personal information. That information was ultimately used by the orchestrator to facilitate the brazen attacks," said the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC,in a release announcing the new charge.

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FollowingRheaume's termination, ICBC said ithad conductedan independent external review of itssystems and taken steps to safeguard against future breaches.

Vincent Eric Gia-Hwa Cheungpleaded guilty to orchestrating the attacks in 2016 and was sentenced to 13.5 years in prison.

Rheaumeis scheduled to be in court, Feb. 15.