Quebec's securities regulator has launched criminal proceedings against a former executive assistant to a top BCE Inc. executive, alleging she illegally tipped family and friends in an insider trading scheme that netted them more than $1 million in profits. The Autorite des marches financiers says Renee Morier, her husband Sylvain Milette, a friend, Francis Beauchamp, as well as the parents of both Morier and Beauchamp, face 42 charges.