Victoria B.C., firm linked to Brexit allegations largely unknown in home city

AggregateIQ (AIQ), a Victoria-based firm that has been linked to an alleged scheme to sidestep Brexit spending limits, remains largely unknown to the tech industry in the city where it’s based.

At a British parliamentary committee hearing this week, the digital advertising, web and software development company was accused of voter manipulation in the Brexit campaign by whistleblower and former Victoria resident Chris Wylie.

Wylie appeared before the parliamentary committee in the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal.

 A data scientist who helped found Cambridge Analytica, Wylie alleged that firm improperly harvested details of