Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Robar, a military counterintelligence officer, has been arrested in Canada on suspicion of passing classified information to a foreign party, CBC.ca reported on December 16, citing its own sources.
The arrest took place last week, and the charges relate to several episodes of transmitting “special operational information.” On December 15, a military judge released Robar under strict restrictions: he was required to surrender his state passports and could not contact diplomats and representatives of foreign states.
It is not officially specified to which country the military man transferred secret data. Unnamed sources of CBC.ca and The Globe and Mail claim that Robar tried to help Ukraine in the war against Russia. According to the publication, contacts with the Ukrainian representative began in May 2024, and the meeting took place in September 2024 in Lithuania.
In October 2025, military police had already detained Robar for 24 hours, after which he was released under certain conditions. He was rearrested on December 10. During the trial, the prosecutor and defense emphasized that Robar's actions were not financially motivated and did not intend to harm Canada, and that the case was not as serious as the old espionage cases.
Matthew Robar is a 24-year military veteran, an intelligence officer since 2007, and in counterintelligence since 2019.
