The defendant, a Passport Canada officer, was charged with breach of trust, forgery, and related offences for her role in a scheme that enabled imposters to obtain genuine Canadian passports.
The Crown alleged she knowingly allowed applicants with counterfeit documents to bypass normal screening procedures and approved their applications.
The Superior Court of Justice found that the circumstantial evidence overwhelmingly established her knowing participation in the scheme.
The defendant was found guilty on all counts, with the court applying the doctrine of innocent agency to hold her liable as a principal for the forgery offences committed by other unwitting passport employees.
