One of the Toronto police officers involved in the Project South investigation has been granted a conditional discharge following his admission of guilt to unauthorized computer use.
Constable Elias Mouawad recently pleaded guilty to the charge, and as part of his sentence, he will serve one month of probation and complete 100 hours of community service.
The judge noted that while a conditional discharge was the minimum required penalty for the offense, Mouawad’s quick admission of guilt and display of remorse were considered mitigating factors.
In a related development, Mouawad is among a group of eight current and former Toronto police officers facing charges in connection to a corruption case. He became the second officer to plead guilty, following Derek McCormick’s admission to theft under $5,000 and breach of trust earlier in the year.
The broader investigation, known as Project South, was initiated in June 2025 by the York Regional Police to dismantle an alleged murder plot targeting a corrections management official at an Ontario correctional facility. Over the course of seven months, it was revealed that officers had improperly accessed information, which was then passed on to criminals involved in violent offenses.
