Former B.C. Mountie charged with sharing classified information
RCMP officer Michael Scoretz faces 13 charges including breach of trust after protected material was found at his home. No current investigations compromised.
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A former RCMP officer in British Columbia has been charged with sharing classified information with people in his personal relationships.
Michael Scoretz, 47, from Bowen Island west of Vancouver, faces 13 charges — seven of them breach of trust — after work-related protected and classified material was allegedly discovered at his home. He was sworn to secrecy under the Security of Information Act while working with the Pacific Region Integrated National Security Enforcement Team between August 2020 and February 2023. Scoretz retired last year after joining the RCMP in 2009.
Police say none of the charges involve current national security investigations, and no investigations were compromised by the alleged disclosures. The RCMP declined to release further details while the case is before the courts.