Secretive audit probes $490 million tech funds in Canada
Industry Canada orders a sweeping audit into Technology Partnerships Canada disbursing $490 million to 47 firms across 58 projects amid allegations of forbidden middleman commissions. The review, led by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, covers 18 percent of the program's portfolio and remains incomplete with no report date.
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Visa Canada accounts exposed in U S security breach
MasterCard says a virus led to unauthorized access to data from CardSystems Solutions exposing up to 40 million credit card holders, including as many as 240,000 Visa Canada accounts. Data included names banks and account numbers but not addresses or Social Security numbers. FBI involvement and calls for stronger privacy regulation followed.
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