Four More Arrests, Including Main Suspect, in Fraud, Data Theft at Desjardins

Four More Arrests, Including Main Suspect, in Fraud, Data Theft at Desjardins
A Caisse Desjardins branch is seen in Montreal on Feb. 24, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Quebec provincial police have arrested a man they say was the principle architect of a major data theft and multimillion-dollar fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins.

Police told reporters today that Sébastien Boulanger-Dorval, 42, worked in the marketing department at the financial institution until 2019, when the data belonging to more than 9.7 million people, including about seven million Quebecers, was stolen.