By Fabian Dawson
Mata Press Service

William Majcher, a veteran Mountie, is suing the Canadian government, its spy agency and the RCMP, accusing his former employers of abusing their powers, fabricating a national security threat and orchestrating his unlawful arrest.

Majcher, was acquitted earlier this year of charges linked to alleged Chinese foreign interference . The former RCMP inspector, now based in Hong Kong, makes several explosive allegations in the lawsuit, including that CSIS asked him to commit criminal offences.

Also named as a defendant in the $55 million lawsuit is former RCMP superintendent Calvin Chrustie, whom Majcher accuses of supplying false and misleading information that helped shape the national security case against him.

Chrustie was named as a key Crown witness in Majcher’s criminal trial, but prosecutors never called him to testify. Court records showed Chrustie had supplied investigators with information that Majcher now alleges was false, misleading and central to the case built against him.

None of the allegations has been proven in court.

The lawsuit comes as a separate review of the file dubbed ‘Project Severo’ is underway by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency following complaints by retired RCMP staff sergeant Kenneth “Kim” Marsh.

Marsh was publicly identified by the RCMP as an unindicted co-conspirator; his Vancouver home was searched and material seized there was later used as part of the investigation against Majcher.

The search was subsequently ruled unlawful by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin, who found the information used to obtain the warrant amounted to “mere speculation, suspicion and guesswork.”

Majcher was arrested at Vancouver International Airport on July 18, 2023, and charged under the Security of Information Act in a prosecution the RCMP presented as part of its response to alleged Chinese foreign interference in Canada.

But the case unravelled before trial.

Justice Devlin in pre-trial rulings found that Majcher’s arrest had been made without reasonable and probable grounds, breaching his Charter rights. Court records showed investigators themselves had described the case as “a bit premature” and “still ongoing” when the decision to arrest him was made.

On May 13, 2026, Majcher was acquitted after Justice Devlin found the Crown had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had committed the acts alleged against him.

The crown is appealing the decision as the  civil lawsuit turns the spotlight back on the intelligence, investigators and decisions that produced the case.

Majcher’s is one of three RCMP prosecutions linked by the force to foreign interference that have now ended in acquittals.

Earlier this month, An Alberta court, found RCMP Const. Eli Ndatuje not guilty of all three charges he faced under the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act. The Crown had alleged Ndatuje searched a police database in April 2022 and passed the information to the Rwandan government.

The judge found that while the investigation was extensive – involving 20 to 30 officers and civilian staff, as well as wiretaps – the evidence it produced was lacking. He noted that Ndatuje’s database search had already been flagged by a supervisor and dealt with through a note on his file and said the matter should have ended there.

In April 2024, former Canadian Space Agency engineer Wanping Zheng was acquitted in Longueuil, Que., of a single count of breach of trust. The RCMP had accused him of using his position to negotiate agreements for satellite station facilities in Iceland on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company and called it “a matter of foreign actor interference.”

Majcher alleges in his statement of claim, that:

CSIS asked him to commit criminal offences. Majcher alleges he had previously assisted CSIS as a civilian, was given encrypted communications equipment and was asked to engage in conduct that would violate Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and Britain’s Bribery Act. He says he refused.

CSIS turned on him after he refused. The lawsuit alleges the intelligence service began increasing its scrutiny of Majcher after he declined to carry out the alleged unlawful activities.

An international “espionage alert” was issued against him. Majcher alleges CSIS distributed an alert to Canadian and foreign institutions that resulted in him being refused boarding on a flight from Hong Kong to London in July 2023.

False intelligence was passed to the RCMP and foreign agencies. The claim alleges CSIS circulated inaccurate, incomplete or false information about Majcher, contributing to the RCMP investigation and his eventual arrest.

Investigators ignored information that contradicted their theory. Majcher alleges authorities obtained detailed accounts of his business dealings and contacts that were exculpatory, while relying heavily on information supplied by Chrustie.

Chrustie supplied false and misleading information. Majcher accuses the former RCMP superintendent of portraying legitimate business dealings and contacts with former police officers as evidence he was building a network to assist Chinese influence operations.

The investigation was politically driven. The lawsuit alleges CSIS and other federal authorities pursued Majcher as pressure mounted on Ottawa to demonstrate it was taking a tougher line on alleged Chinese foreign interference.

His arrest destroyed his businesses. Majcher alleges his company, Nupaf Limited was de-banked, lost government clients and revenues, and that he was forced to resign as managing partner. Jubilant Dragon Limited, another company Majcher was associated with, also allegedly lost business because he could no longer fulfil consulting contracts.

Federal authorities interfered with his commercial relationships. The claim alleges CSIS warned Canadian companies that their security clearances could be jeopardized if they continued doing business with companies associated with Majcher.

The plaintiffs are seeking $50 million in damages, plus $5 million in punitive, aggravated and exemplary damages, along with declarations that Majcher’s Charter rights were breached.

The civil action was initiated on July 18, 2025, before Majcher's criminal trial ended in acquittal in May 2026. A subsequent motion dated June 30, 2026, seeks a court order validating service of the lawsuit or extending the time allowed to serve the defendants.

The motion is scheduled to be heard on February 3, 2027.

Fabian Dawson has been named a finalist for the 2026 Jack Webster Excellence in Legal Journalism for his four-part series on ‘Project Severo’ published in the Post Group of Papers this year.