ICBC has already implemented changes as a result of an automobile repair scam, including requiring employees and managers to immediately refer any allegations regarding employee behaviour concerning fraud or theft to the employee relations department.
Earlier this month, less than 24 hours after being appointed, British Columbia's acting solicitor general apologized in the legislature for the scam that involved the Insurance Corporation of B.C.
John Van Dongen had apologized on behalf of the government, the ICBC board, and ICBC workers not involved in the scheme, to anyone who may have purchased wrecked vehicles that had been rebuilt in an ICBC research facility in Burnaby.
Nearly 100 damaged vehicles were repaired and later resold without proper disclosure and documentation.
ICBC board chairman T. Richard Turner, in a "formal report'' letter sent Wednesday to Van Dongen, said several changes have been implemented in the wake of the scandal.
In addition to the requirement for immediate reporting of fraud, theft and misappropriation of company property, Turner also said responsibility for the internal investigation section of ICBC's special investigations unit has moved to the human resources and corporate law division.
Results of the ICBC probe will be turned over the RCMP, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers had been hired to conduct an independent review that he promised would eventually be made public.
