A key figure at the centre of the ArriveCan scandal encouraged a major accounting firm to work with GC Strategies, a two-man company that received $19.1 million to work on the controversial application.
According to KPMG Partner and National Service Leader in Cybersecurity Hartaj Nijjar, the company was contacted by former Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) official Antonio Utano, who encouraged it to work under GC Strategies on the app. Mr. Utano was suspended from his government position without pay in January over allegations of misconduct related to ArriveCan.
