The RCMP has charged an Ottawa Royal Bank of Canada employee after he allegedly accessed Prime Minister Mark Carney and former prime minister Justin Trudeau's banking profiles as part of a criminal plot.

The Mounties confirmed Wednesday they charged Ibrahim El-Hakim, 23, with fraud over $5,000, unauthorized use of a computer, identity theft and trafficking in identity information.

The story was first reported by Le Journal de Montreal and La Presse_._

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According to an affidavit filed to request that computer data be preserved as part of the investigation, El-Hakim — who was hired by RBC in 2022 and worked at the branch not far from Parliament Hill — allegedly used the bank's information technology services for criminal purposes,

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