OPP to probe RCMP pension scandal

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Ontario police to probe RCMP insurance scandal
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | 9:10 PM ET

CBC News

The Ontario Provincial Police will investigate whether there was any criminal misconduct involved in the management of the troubled RCMP insurance plan, the Mounties announced Wednesday.

"I have asked the OPP to conduct this investigation, and the RCMP will cooperate fully," RCMP Commissioner William Elliott said in a press release.

The OPP have already been involved in investigations into allegations of fraud and abuse in the management of the Mounties' $12-billion pension fund and related life and disability insurance plan.

The RCMP had previously asked the OPP to review the investigation the Ottawa City Police conducted into the matter in 2005. The OPP review concluded that the Ottawa investigation, which found evidence of wasteful spending and serious nepotism, was adequately done, and that there were no deliberate attempts by the RCMP to derail it.