Overview
- Judicial searches last week targeted properties linked to Calgary city hall, including the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek and councillors Andre Chabot and Sean Chu, and officers seized phones from Gondek and Chabot.
- Chabot, who said RCMP seized his devices Thursday, told reporters he has not been questioned and believes he is not under investigation.
- RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region is leading the file after a Calgary Police Service referral from October 2025, and that federal unit is distinct from Alberta RCMP detachments and handles sensitive cases involving elected officials.
- Sources say the probe involves alleged corruption tied to a business, no charges have been laid, and lawyers for Chabot and former councillor Sean Chu say their clients are cooperating.
- Gondek confirmed a search of her home and called the process very invasive, and Mayor Jeromy Farkas says he believes councillors are not targets and that police are seeking their messages to support a third‑party investigation.