Genovese capo sentenced to 24 months on gambling and racketeering charges.

John Campanella, Nicholas Calisi

Nicholas Calisi, 54, pleaded guilty to the charges in February, along with Genovese soldier John Campanella, 48. The latter was sentenced to 13 months in prison. Both men had faced a maximum of 20 years in prison. Calisi and Campanella were charged with racketeering conspiracy in April 2022 along with another capo Ralph Balsamo, solider Michael Messina and associates Michael Poli and Thomas Poli. Balsamo and Messina will be sentenced shortly.

Capo Ralph Balsamo pleaded guilty.

April 1, 2023

The Beach House at Saratoga reaches end of life after August 1, 2023. This is 120 days after the failed completion date of March 31, 2023. The insider group will rescind to rid themselves of binding contracts they never intended to complete. Crooks have already retrieved their deposits through false REDMA 18(4) certification. Everybody else is screwed. First mortgage holder is VERY screwed and absolutely must sue everybody.

8. There is a second mortgage of $4.9m from insurance company Intact Insurance. The plaintiff entered into a deposit protection insurance agreement May 22, 2022 to access purchaser deposits held in trust. To secure this insurance the plaintiff was required to certify that there was no buyer right of rescission. The plaintiff was further required to certify how many units were sold. The agreement expired April 1, 2023. 9.The plaintiff is governed by the Real Estate Development Marketing Act. https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/04041_01 A non-compliant act is described in 24 D (ii) a false or misleading statement in a certification under section 18 [handling deposits]. The plaintiff may face 2 years in jail and a $1.5m fine for a first offense. 10. The defendant believes the plaintiff has made false statements and is being investigated for acts of non-compliance of REDMA. As developer the plaintiff accessed purchaser trust deposit funds of $4.9m that required a certification of no right of recession. Since there is a right of recession, one admitted to and always in existence, that certification must be fraudulent. The plaintiff appears to have brazenly committed fraud. 11. As at April 1, 2023, 9022 Clarkson Ave has an $11.5m first mortgage, a $4.9m second mortgage, and $3.5m in other borrowings. Added to the $6.4m of funds raised from the public, $26.5m of others money has been raised by this plaintiff. By his own admission the all-in cost of Beach House at Saratoga is $20.5m. 12. This plaintiff and his group have a right of recession. It is unrealistic to think that any of that group would fail to rescind. Legitimate buyers, if they knew the facts, wouldn’t hesitate to rescind either. The stage is set for a foreclosure from the first mortgage position as a majority of sold out condos held as security are revealed to the lender to be unsold. Worse, they appear unsellable. If deposits have been looted the lender is in dire trouble. 13. A MLS listing appeared for unit A24 on April 18, 2023 for $925k. MLS® Number 929096. This listing was the first to appear after CB Oceanside banned listings at 9022 Clarkson Ave weeks previously. The new selling agent, Corey Zaal, has been proven to be working for Ms. Kirsten Marten, who is trying to sell her condo. 14. A MLS listing appeared for unit A25 on April 24, 2023 for $949,900. MLS® Number 929596. Selling agent is Corey Zaal. 15. A MLS listing appeared for unit A12 on April 26, 2023 for $924,900. MLS® Number 929867. Selling agent is Viet Do. Unit A12 is the same listed by Kirsten Marten. 16. A MLS listing appeared for unit B14 on May 4, 2023 for $1,599,900. MLS® Number: 930216. Selling agent is Corey Zaal. Unit B14 is the same listed by Kirsten Marten. 17. Lack of condo sales is likely related to high price, detrimental zoning and rural location. TC-1 zoning allows 6 months occupancy per year. Condos are greatly overpriced for that zoning. Larger detached homes with land can be had for less in the area. A rental scheme was imagined to help sell sold out condos. It envisions a minimum charge, plus taxes and $250 ‘cleaning fee’, of $4,000 per week.

1. The defendant recognizes the plaintiff ‘exempt dealer’ as a securities reprobate. The plaintiff’s project, Beach House at Saratoga, in which $6.4m of public investor money has vanished, reached a milestone on April 1, 2023. Purchasers may walk away without penalty and with interest on their deposits. This event (a right of rescission) is triggered by lack of completion by March 31, 2023. Construction ceased at 9022 Clarkson Ave for months. 2. The plaintiff claimed his project was sold out in August 2021. The plaintiff continued this lie after being busted trying to sell 3 sold out units through agent Viet Do at StoneHaus Realty. MLS® 881336 unit #28 @ $759k, MLS® 881337 unit #23 @ $869k, and MLS® 881398 unit #6, @ $859k. Agent Do confirmed his client was the developer. None sold.3. Agent Kirstin Marten of CB Oceanside in Victoria was the plaintiff’s outlet for his sold out condos. 3 of her MLS listings for units 12, 14, and 15, were removed on or about March 25th, 2023. All claimed the project was sold out, as has every MLS listing from CB Oceanside. Kirsten Marten denied, under oath, her client was the plaintiff. Kirsten Marten, CB Oceanside. 4. The plaintiff’s claim of being sold out is fraudulent and always was. Upwards of 15 units (half) were ‘sold’ to a non-arms length insider group with their initial requirement being a 5% deposit, fully secured. That deposit, plus interest, can be retrieved without penalty after April 1 due to failure to complete. At $37k average, $500k was put into a piggy bank. The insider group now controlled $15m of sold out condos and had a year and a half to flip them at higher prices with no risk. 5. The insider group tried to flip sold out condos on MLS and they have failed, selling none. A pair of sales occurred Feb 14. Unit C4 was listed for over 560 days. It sold for $799,900 by an agent at CB Oceanside. Unit A6 is the one attempted to be sold by Viet Do and the agent was Kirsten Marten of CB Oceanside. Seller is the plaintiff. It sold for $899,900. Both listings claimed the project was sold out. 6. The plaintiff raised $11.5m in first mortgage construction financing on March 15, 2022 from Terrapin Mortgage Investment Corp. while holding out to the lender that the project was sold out. Deposit requirements to purchasers rose to 20% when this financing was obtained. The insider purchaser group was required to provide $2.5m. 7. After April 1 the plaintiff is required to repay $3.5m of short term borrowings from Dundarave Mortgage Investment Corporation

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Real Estate Development Marketing Act "18(3)A trustee under subsection (1) must release the deposit to the developer if the developer certifies in writing that (a)the purchaser who paid the deposit has no right to rescission under section 21 [rights of rescission]" Units attempted to be sold on MLS are C4, A6, A9, B14, B15, A12, C28, and A23. The plaintiff bought unit C27. Unit B18 and B16 are currently being offered on booking.com.

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Romanian shoplifting ring busted in Montreal - Romanian mafia

Laurentiu Baicu, 37, Tiberius Léonard Miron, 40, and Claudia Macu.

Laval cops say the Romanians were staying in Canada after applying for asylum. They would stay for a few months stealing as much as possible, before leaving the country. Laurentiu Baicu, aged 37, remains in custody following his arrest. Tiberius Léonard Miron, 40, was released with conditions, as were Claudia Macu, Vijai Alexe and Ionel Nituwere. Valter Ionut Alexe, aged 29, and Timotei Ion, aged 27, are still wanted by cops.

Valter Ionut Alexe, 29, and Timotei Ion, 27.

Crooks targeted chains of computer equipment stores, clothing and sports equipment, as well as luxury clothing. More than $70,000 in stolen loot was recovered. Goods were sent to Romania for resale. The Romanian mafia is known worldwide for ATM-skimmings as well as pimping and drug trafficking. Gangs are organized horizontally, with the leader of a group being called 'Nașu' which means "Godfather" in Romanian.

Vijai Alexe and Ionel Nitu.

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Vallejo HA Dennis Killough Jr. in the chit again = 46 months

A federal judge sentenced HA Dennis Killough Jr., 52, to 46 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Jaime Alvarez

HA Jaime Alvarez, 52, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime. He was sentenced to 21 months in the big house.

Kenneth Caspers Jr., Dennis Killough Jr., Jaime Alvarez, and Michael Mahoney.

HA Michael Mahoney, 30, pled guilty and he's off to the pen for a mandatory minimum of 5 years. A search warrant at his home found a .38 and a 12-gauge shotgun with a sawed off barrel. HA Dennis Killough Jr., 51, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and faces as much as 10 years in prison when sentenced.

Cops entered Killough’s home as part of an investigation into a brutal beating at the Vallejo chapter’s clubhouse. In October 2021, two different victims, both members of puppet clubs of the Hells Angels, were beaten by Killough and two other club members. A Taurus G2C 9 mm compact pistol and a Taurus model PT 745 Pro handgun were found by cops. Killough has prior felony convictions, including previous firearm convictions. In 2013 Killough was busted with his wife, then a CHP dispatcher. He tried to sell stolen military equipment to an undercover cop, including AR-15 assault rifles. He was also nailed for selling meth. HA Michael Mahoney has pleaded not guilty to two felony firearms charges.

The Vallejo chapter was long considered the enforcement arm for the Oakland chapter, founded by the late Ralph 'Sonny' Barger. It was notorious for involvement in an Oct. 5, 1986, mass murder of a family of four, including two children, ages 5 and 17, in Fort Bragg. It was a heinous crime that made national headlines.

Sydney gangster Alen Moradian whacked

Before he was gunned down, Alen Moradian was likened by his wife to TV mafia boss Tony Soprano. Moradian, 48, was shot to death in a targeted attack in an underground carpark at Bondi Junction. In 2011 he was sentenced to a maximum of 16 years and nine months after pleading guilty to his role in a cocaine shipment. Moradian was sentenced to a non-parole period of 10 years and five months and was released in December 2017. Moradian imported cocaine and supplied a large commercial quantity of the drug. Moradian decked out his Pennant Hills home with luxury and designer items, cars, and motorcycles. After his bust, Moradian’s lawyer arranged for the surrender of firearms, including a machine gun, grenade launcher and automatic rifle.

Alen “Fathead” Moradian was a major player in organized crime with links to the Comanchero biker gang. Moradian was part of a secret cartel called the Commission, which controls the drug market in Sydney. The two assassins dumped a grey Porsche Macan a few minutes’ drive away. The killers tried and failed to burn the luxury car as they fled, managing only to blacken the windows and partially melt the interior. Cops found a gun inside. Moradian and his wife, Natasha Youkhana, lived a decadent, luxurious lifestyle buying property, designer furniture, jewellery, and luxury travel, all using drug money.

Mexico destroys 14 'monstruos'

The Mexican government destroyed 14 homemade tanks known as “Monsters” used by the country’s narco gangs. The destruction was held in the border town of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. These most recently seized homemade tanks were made by the Gulf Cartel, Zetas and Northeast Cartel.

In the last four years, Tamaulipas state cops have seized 257 similar armored vehicles from narcos. Mexican police battling against the cartels in the area also recently made a high profile arrest, bringing in Salinas Cortinas of the Gulf cartel, whose is nicknamed “La Cabra,” or “The Goat”

Foreign-origin betel nut smuggling lassoed in India

Betel nut is the seed of the fruit of the areca palm. It is also known as areca nut.

Wasim Bawla was busted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Bawla was arrested for smuggling foreign-origin betel nuts through the India-Myanmar border without payment of customs duty. Bogus invoices facilitated the sale and purchase of betel nuts in the Nagpur region of Maharashtra.

Myanmar accounts for more than half of Southeast Asia’s betel consumption.

Use involves the ingestion of a combination of betel leaves and areca nut along with other ingredients. It is common throughout Asia. Today there are about 600 million betel users worldwide. With nicotine, alcohol and caffeine, betel nuts are one of the most popular mind-altering substances in the world. Betel nut is a stimulant and a carcinogen.

5 years for NZ smash and grab robber Christensen

Christensen's lawyer said the poor baby suffered from a “warped unreality” that showed his inability to distinguish between right and wrong.

Bayley James Christensen, 20, was involved in 4 robberies that came to light when cops found pictures on his phone of him with stacks of cash and messages of him boasting about his stolen loot. He appeared at the Christchurch District Court and sat in the dock smirking with his supporters, some of whom sniggered as one of his victims retold the terrifying story of crooks smashing through her store. The victim said she couldn’t find the words to describe the helplessness she felt when the youths burst in, masked and yelling threats while smashing the counter glass with hammers.

'Trump won!' yells Danial Rodriguez as he's put away for 12 years

Daniel (DJ) Rodriguez, 40, yelled, "Trump won!" as he was led out of the courtroom. Its 12 years and seven months behind bars for the retard for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The judge said Rodriguez was "a one-man army of hate, attacking police and destroying property" at the Capitol. Cop Michael Fanone's body camera captured him screaming out in pain after Rodriguez shocked him with a stun gun while he was surrounded by a mob. He later suffered a heart attack.

Tharushan Nirmalachandran busted for lots of drugs

Tharushan Nirmalachandran, 33, of Île-Bizard, and a 38-year-old man from Ontario were arrested and were scheduled to be charged at the Montreal courthouse. Cops landed 38 kg of cocaine, 9 kg of meth, 5 kg of purple fentanyl, and 28,000 speed tablets. Cops also discovered nearly $1 million in cash. Nirmalachandran faces a total of nine charges. Nirmalachandran bought 15 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the US in 2020. They used cloned debit cards at ATMs.

Ecuador shrimp mafia - update

A second death in 2023 has been recorded in Ecauador as robbery, extortion, assault, and murder of shrimp farm workers by armed gangs feeding off the lucrative industry rises. In the last three years organized crime groups have murdered seven shrimp farmers, injured at least 60, and stolen shrimp and equipment worth millions. Authorities have proven unable to protect the shrimp sector workers. The entire shrimp sector in the country is under constant attack. Ecuador’s shrimp exports reached a record $3.65 billion in 2021, but that success has also brought organized crime that is beyond control of authorities.

Ecuador’s shrimp industry is a rising economic star, globally. The sector now produces more than $5b in annual exports and has solidified its position as the country’s second-largest industry after oil. China imports almost 900,000 tons of shrimp, of which 70% comes from Ecuador. The Ecuadorian shrimp industry continues to battle rising organized crime attacks. Criminals intercepted a boat working in the shrimp sector in the Gulf of Guayaquil. The attack led to the vessel's operator being taken to a medical facility after receiving first aid.

This year there have been 48 criminal incidents involving the shrimp sector, leaving 31 people injured.

A trade body is working with the police and navy to concentrate their efforts in areas such as kilometre 26 of the Naranjal road, the Gulf of Guayaquil (Puerto Roma and Punta Piedra) and the Jambelí Archipelago.  Compared to the same period last year, theft from sites has increased by 35%, and feed theft by 100%. At the same time the number of injured has doubled.

QuadrigaCX - Gerald Cotten - BC forfeiture wants stolen loot

Gerald Cotten, a co-founder of QuadrigaCX, died mysteriously in India in 2018. Co-founder Michael Patryn benefited from using QuadrigaCX client money through unauthorized trades and falsifying documents says a lawsuit filed by the province. They want to keep more than $600k in cash, gold bars, watches and jewellery from a safety deposit box and a CIBC bank account in Vancouver. The safety deposit box contained $250,200 in cash and 45 gold bars. It also contained four watches, including two Rolexes, jewellery, and a Ruger .45 and two loaded magazines. The box also contained a birth certificate, name change certificate, credit cards and cheques in Patryn’s name. The QuadrigaCX fraud was over $250m.

Michael Patryn, former name, Omar Dhanani.

QuadrigaCX was one of Canada’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges.

QuadrigaCX’s court-appointed auditor revealed the addresses for the cryptocurrency exchange’s offline Bitcoin wallets. The cold storage wallets are empty – aside from $400k worth in Bitcoin. The news comes after the exchange said that it owed customers $134m worth of cryptocurrency.

Founder Gerald Cotten died as a result of complications of Crohn’s disease while travelling to India with his wife on December 9 2018.

There are calls to probe Cotten’s sudden and curious death. A death certificate issued by India was quickly dismissed as “worthless” by QuadrigaCX customers who demanded to see Canadian documents. The Indian certificate had Cotten’s name spelled incorrectly, adding fuel to conspiracy theories.