Amir Morv and Ritika Dutt, co-founders of Botler, say their experience in partnership talks with the Canada Border Services Agency raised alarms about how federal IT contracts are awarded.IT staffing firms at the centre of misconduct allegations submitted contracting reports to the federal government that included a detailed description of a company that doesn’t exist, documents show.
Mr. Morv and Ms. Dutt submitted detailed allegations of misconduct related to Dalian, Coradix and another IT staffing company called GCStrategies in September, 2021, and again in November, 2022. They also raised concerns about. In response to the 2022 report, the CBSA referred the allegations to the RCMP and the national police force has confirmed it has launched an investigation.
They allege that the CBSA urged them to work with GCStrategies, but say they were later shocked to discover that the contract for their work was run through Dalian without their knowledge. Each layer of subcontracting was proposing to collect substantial commissions and it was unclear how federal funds were being distributed, they said.The newly obtained documents describing Mr.
Botler’s Nov. 2022 report – titled “preliminary misconduct report to leadership” – informed the agency’s top officials that documents they obtained through an access to information request showed CBSA officials signed off on contracting documents that included highly inflated experience related to Ms. Dutt.