RBC employee who allegedly accessed Carney’s banking profile accused of defrauding bank of $68,500

OTTAWA — The former RBC employee who allegedly accessed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s banking profile defrauded his employer of $68,500, according to newly released court documents outlining the RCMP’s criminal accusations against him.

Ibrahim El-Hakim was not present in court in Ottawa when he was set to appear on Wednesday, but his lawyer Ron Guertin said he was still awaiting some of the Crown’s evidence against his client. The RCMP’s formal charges were tabled later in the day.

As previously disclosed, El-Hakim is charged with four offences, namely fraud over $5,000, unauthorized use of a computer, identity theft and trafficking in identity information.

All offences are believed to have happened between Nov. 16, 2023, and June 18, 2025.

El-Hakim, a 23-year-old resident of Ottawa, was hired in 2022 by the RBC branch on Bank St., located steps away from Parliament Hill. As client advisor, he was responsible for accessing customers’ files, creating bank accounts and approving lines of credit.

A police affidavit obtained by Postmedia showed that El-Hakim confessed to having been contacted by an individual under alias “AI WORLD” on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service commonly used by criminals, at a date that is not listed in the document.

He would then receive certain orders to either grant lines of credit or accept credit card applications to fraudulent identities, and received $500 each time, for a total of $5,000.

El-Hakim was also asked to access specific banking profiles to consult confidential information. The affidavit shows that he consulted Carney’s banking profile as well as the profile of a certain “Justin Trudeau” who is not believed to be the former prime minister.

The charges tabled on Oct. 1 show that the RCMP has reason to believe El-Hakim had in his possession “for the purposes of transmitting or making available or distributing or selling or offering for sale” personal information knowing they could be used for fraud.

The RCMP would not say if the charges directly relate to Carney’s personal information.

El-Hakim’s lawyer suggested on Wednesday that the case against his client has been “sensationalized” by the media because it relates to the prime minister.

The case will be back in court on Nov. 5.

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