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Mounty bank12/8/2022 ![]() ![]() “That’s what we do when we need flash money for a buy. “That’s tradecraft,” the Mountie said, explaining that by going through CIBC Intria, the RCMP could avoid typical banking scrutiny, as there are no holds placed on the money. ![]() To me that transaction alone proves he has a secret relationship with the force.”Ī second Mountie, who does not know the first one but who has also been involved in CI operations, also believes that Wortman’s ability to withdraw a large sum of money from Brink’s is an indication that Wortman had a link with the police. “I’ve worked a number of CI cases over the years and that’s how things go. He added that Wortman’s transaction is consistent with the Mountie’s experience in how the RCMP pays its assets. “There’s no way a civilian can just make an arrangement like that,” he said in an interview. READ MORE: The Nova Scotia killer had ties to criminals and withdrew a huge sum of cash before the shootingĪ Mountie familiar with the techniques used by the force in undercover operations, but not with the details of the investigation into the shooting, says Wortman could not have collected his own money from Brink’s as a private citizen. If Wortman was an RCMP informant or agent, it could explain why the force appeared not to take action on complaints about his illegal guns and his assault on his common-law wife. Wortman also ran his own denturist business and there is no reason to believe it also would require him to handle large amounts of cash. Whatever the purpose of that company, there is no public evidence that it would have been able to move large quantities of cash. Darren Campbell reiterated that statement during an interview with the Toronto Star published online, and in its print newspaper on Sunday, saying: “The gunman had no special relationship with the RCMP whatsoever.” Campbell told the Star: “The investigation has not uncovered any relationship between the gunman and the RCMP outside of an estranged familial relationship and two retired RCMP members.”Īccording to the Star story: “Campbell said the reason for Wortman’s large cash withdrawal, which he confirmed was hundreds of thousands of dollars, was not fully known, ‘however, there are indications that near the time of the withdrawal the gunman believed that due to the worldwide pandemic, that his financial assets were safer under his control.'”Ĭampbell declined to be interviewed by Maclean’s on Friday, prior to this story’s publication online, and again on Tuesday.Ĭourt documents show Wortman owned a New Brunswick-registered company called Berkshire-Broman, the legal owner of two of his vehicles (including one of his police replica cars). The RCMP has repeatedly said that it had no “special relationship” with Wortman. ![]() Sources in both banking and the RCMP say the transaction is consistent with how the RCMP funnels money to its confidential informants and agents, and is not an option available to private banking customers. Gabriel Wortman, who is responsible for the largest mass killing in Canadian history, withdrew the money from a Brink’s depot in Dartmouth, N.S., on March 30, stashing a carryall filled with hundred-dollar bills in the trunk of his car.Īccording to a source close to the police investigation the money came from CIBC Intria, a subsidiary of the chartered bank that handles currency transactions. The withdrawal of $475,000 in cash by the man who killed 22 Nova Scotians in April matches the method the RCMP uses to send money to confidential informants and agents, sources say. This story was last updated on June 23, 2020 ![]()
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