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New Brunswick Opposition Turns Over Atcon Computer Servers To The RCMP

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 30 Nov, 2015 12:26 PM
    FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say they purchased back-up computer servers that belonged to the now-bankrupt Atcon Group of companies and have turned them over to the RCMP.
     
    Opposition spokesman Bob Fowlie says the servers were bought at a bankruptcy auction in 2013, but the party only became aware of the information on one of the servers recently.
     
    Earlier this year, Auditor General Kim MacPherson said Atcon had received $77 million from the province and nearly $70 million of that was in default.
     
    MacPherson has not done a forensic audit of the Atcon funding, but says she would do one if asked and if her office is given the necessary resources.
     
    In a document released Monday, the Tories say information on the server shows Atcon accepted government loans while knowing that a major bridge contract in the Northwest Territories was on hold.
     
    The Tories say the server also shows there were large payments made on a corporate airplane in the days before the Miramichi-based company declared bankruptcy.

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