A total of 110 employees of the Canada Revenue Agency have been investigated for fraud in the past five years, with 20 being fired..According to Blacklock's Reporter, it was the highest number of known fraud probes in any federal department or agency..“Data provided have been drawn from discipline records that are available by fiscal year and include founded misconduct that could be interpreted to be fraudulent,” the Agency wrote in an Inquiry Of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons. Misconduct ranged from faked sick leave to misuse of government-issue charge cards..The Agency invoked the Privacy Act in refusing to detail all cases. Of the 110 employees cited, a total of 80 “faced discipline but were not terminated.” The remaining ten are believed to have resigned..“The protection of taxpayers and employees information is fundamental the Agency,” said the Inquiry. “The Privacy Act identifies situations where the use and disclosure of personal information is permitted. While statistical reporting may not appear to be revealing personal information there is the possibility the identification of information could be determined.”.The Canada Border Services Agency investigated 109 employees for fraud, and six were fired. The Treasury Board said 55 employees falsified insurance benefit claims. “Once a case has been identified all attempts are made to recover the amounts,” wrote staff. The Board declined to say if anyone was fired..The Department of Public Works disclosed 38 fraud investigations, and 15 were fired. Other investigations targeted 27 employees at the Department of Employment (17 fired), 12 at the Department of Foreign Affairs (all fired), nine at the Department of Health (five fired) and nine at the Correctional Service of Canada that runs federal prisons (five fired)..Disclosure of the Canada Revenue Agency investigations follow a 2021 internal memo in which managers said they feared employees would misappropriate pandemic relief money. “Agency employees may collude with external actors to facilitate or mask the misappropriation of payments,” it said.
