Cameron Ortis

• Cameron Ortis, convicted RCMP leaker, granted bail pending appeal

  The ex-RCMP official had been sentenced in February by Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger, after being found guilty of breaching Canada's official secrets law. 

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2024
  
• Cameron Ortis, convicted RCMP leaker, will serve 7 years in prison

  In a case a judge called "unprecedented," Cameron Ortis was found guilty of attempting to sell secrets while serving as a senior intelligence official in the RCMP.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2024
  
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• Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP leaker, should face decades behind bars: Crown

  Prosecutors are asking a judge to send Cameron Ortis, once a rising star in the RCMP who was arrested in 2019, behind bars for multiple decades after his conviction for espionage.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2024
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• Cameron Ortis sentencing hearing to begin. Here’s what to expect

  In November, jurors declared Ortis guilty of three counts of violating the Security of Information Act and one count of attempting to do so.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2024
• Cameron Ortis trial: what the jury didn’t hear about the convicted RCMP leaker

  Court filings and evidence -- all covered by publication bans until now -- reveal that authorities were gravely worried about Ortis's next steps.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2023
• Jury finds Cameron Ortis guilty on all counts in unprecedented trial

  Former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis’ arrest in October 2019 sent a shockwave through the Canadian security and intelligence community.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2023
• Closing arguments to begin in trial of Cameron Ortis, accused RCMP leaker

  Ortis has pleaded not guilty to charges of leaking sensitive RCMP secrets to accused criminals, claims he was running a covert operation.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
• Accused RCMP leaker Cameron Ortis sets out his defence

  The partially-censored transcripts of the unprecedented trial of a former high-level intelligence official have been released after a week, with more to come.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2023
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• Accused RCMP leaker Cameron Ortis had a ‘duty to act,’ defence says

  Former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis is facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly leaking secret RCMP intelligence to criminal elements.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2023
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• RCMP found secret documents, email chains in raid of Ortis’ apartment: Crown

  Crown says encrypted USB drive included internal RCMP documents, email correspondence between alleged criminals and ex-RCMP intelligence official.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2023