An ICBC employee has been fired after she allegedly accessed the private information of 13 people connected to the Justice Institute of B.C., all of whom ended up the targets in a string of arsons and shootings.
The claims adjustor is accused of improperly accessing personal data belonging to a total of 65 people, including those who have been the victims in a connected string of violence and threats since April.
"That employee, along with other individuals, is under continued police investigation," RCMP Chief Supt. Janice Armstrong said in a release.
"Police continue to pursue significant investigative avenues to determine if others could be at risk."
The targets include employees, past students and others "loosely linked" to the Justice Institute of B.C., the New Westminster school where aspiring police officers train. None are connected to any criminal activity.
No one has been physically harmed in the attacks, and ICBC is working with police to warn everyone whose information was compromised.
ICBC CEO Jon Schubert said he was "appalled" by the allegations, and the female employee will receive no severance pay.
"We have conducted a thorough internal and an independent external review of our systems as a result of the privacy breach and have taken steps to better guard against this type of incident from happening again," Schubert said in a release.
Police first discovered the link between the apparently unconnected incidents in September, when they said 10 people had been targeted. In some cases, people's cars and homes were set ablaze, while in others shots were fired at their vehicles.
Since then, a number of new crimes have been committed and investigators have identified three more victims. None of the offences were committed on campus, but have been scattered throughout Metro Vancouver.
JIBC President Jack McGee said he's very concerned to learn that there have been more incidents since the school was warned about the danger to staff and student safety in September.
"The safety and security of our students, staff, faculty, and the public who use our campuses is of paramount importance to JIBC. Enhanced security put in place at JIBC campuses remains in effect," he said in a release.
Mounties say they have assembled a large team to investigate the incidents, and the RCMP is working closely with municipal police departments and ICBC on the case.