The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that a former Royal Bank of Canada employee has been found guilty of three criminal charges after opening fraudulent accounts and viewing the personal banking information of Prime Minister Mark Carney. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says Ibrahim El-Hakim, who worked at an Ottawa bank branch, was recruited by someone he believed "to be associated with organized crime," says an agreed-upon statement of facts in the case filed in an Ontario court. The RCMP began an investigation last year after a complaint from RBC. The agreed statement says Mr. El-Hakim opened at least 43 fraudulent accounts at the bank between November, 2023, and June, 2025. In late June, 2025, Mr. El-Hakim admitted his involvement in the fraud to an RBC corporate security official, saying he was recruited on Telegram, a social-media messaging app, by a person using the alias AI WORLD. "Mr. El-Hakim stated that he participated in the scheme because he was experiencing financial difficulties," the statement says. Mr. El-Hakim pleaded guilty in August to fraud over $5,000, unauthorized use of a computer and identity theft. RBC has had to pay $14,634 for 27 clients to receive credit monitoring.