Complaint needed to investigate ICBC scandal, RCMP say

The Insurance Corporation of B.C. has turned over more information to police about a scandal involving rebuilt cars, but it's still not clear if the Mounties will launch a criminal investigation.

The scheme saw nearly 100 written-off vehicles repaired at ICBC's training facility in Burnaby and then sold without proper documentation of the repairs.

Twenty-two of the vehicles were bought by ICBC staff and managers at auctions that may have involved in rigged bidding.

ICBC spokesman Doug Henderson said the company initially provided the RCMP with information from an internal probe, but now it's passed along additional details that will allow the Mounties to assess whether they need to do their own investigation.

But an RCMP spokesman said ICBC would have to make a formal complaint before a criminal investigation could be launched.

The NDP has demanded the ICBC internal probe be made public, but acting Solicitor General John van Dongen has said an independent audit being done by PricewaterhouseCoopers will eventually be made public.