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Alleged biker freed on $2K bail

Accused of breach of trust when he worked for Canada Revenue Agency
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Christopher Casola, 46, is now facing 11 charges, including breach of trust and weapons offences after a “complex” 16-month investigation, Greater Sudbury Police Service said. File photo.

A Greater Sudbury man police say is a member of the Bacchus Motorcycle Club was released on bail Monday afternoon.

Christopher Casola, 46, is now facing 11 charges, including breach of trust and weapons offences after a “complex” 16-month investigation, Greater Sudbury Police Service said.

Casola, who has no prior criminal record, was released on $2,000 bail and must follow a number of conditions, including having no contact with local members of the Bacchus bike gang, nor anyone involved in the case. 

Police said the lengthy criminal investigation led them to charge Casola, a former employee of the Canada Revenue Agency, with counts that include breach of trust, unauthorized use of a computer, committing a criminal offence to benefit or in association with a criminal organization (two counts), unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm and possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition.

The police's Criminal Investigations Division conducted the investigation. They allege he is a member of the Bacchus MC, an organization that represents itself on its website as a so-called “1%” club, something police allege indicates it is an outlaw, or criminal organization.

Police allege the man unlawfully accessed confidential records of Greater Sudbury residents between November and December of 2014. Those whose records were accessed are being notified.

That's around the same period when the former Red Devils MC was folded into the Bacchus MC.

Police have not said why Casola was accessing the records, or whether there's a connection between the charges and the motorcycle club.


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