A Montreal North resident charged with fraud in 2024 following a UPAC investigation pleaded guilty Monday to accessing an SAAQ database to move more than $36,000 into his own bank account.

During a hearing at the Montreal courthouse, Mohamed-Issa N’Diaye, 22, a former employee of the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Montréal-Nord (CCIMN), was sentenced to 18 months of house arrest for the fraud he committed between March and September 2024.

The first part of N’Diaye’s sentence will involve the 18-month period of house arrest, followed by another six-month period during which he will have to follow a series of conditions. That will be followed by two years of probation.