Damiano Dipopolo out of HAMC in bad - thief

Former Kelowna president Damiano Dipopolo and vice-president Lester Jones were kicked out of the HAMC in bad standing for pilfering club funds in fall of 2023. Out in Bad Standing is a term for banishment when a member is expelled from an OMG. The HAMC blew $3.1m attempting to save its clubhouses in B.C. A significant cut was removed by the pair of garbage-low bikers, and that's the reason they were kicked out in bad standing. They are thieves against their brothers. Violating a core principal means both men may be attacked on sight by other HAMC. It is fundamental betrayal of biker code of conduct.

Out bad is reserved for the following: That member violated universal MC protocol. That member went against the word of the club in his actions. That member was a Sex Offender. (Child molester) That member was working with/for/in assistance with Police. That member was a thief. That member committed violent acts on another Member or associate without cause. That member committed violent acts on a member of the public unjustly and severely. That member is a drug addict. The vote to expell a member must be unanimous. If a HAMC member was a police rat he will virtually certainly be killed. In some cases a member out in bad is to be attacked on sight. In all cases members must not and will not associate with a member out in bad.

Digstown Clothing went up in flames at 2:00am in Feb 2007. RCMP released video of a man with a limp caught on camera at the back of the business before the blaze. A 'person of interest' came forward after the video aired. Dipopolo has bad knees.

Dipopolo collected $54k in insurance proceeds from the blaze. "It is totally suspicious because of the intensity of the fire and the time frame. We know it was an accelerated fire," said Kelowna Fire Chief Rene Blanleil. No charges were ever laid.

Damiano Dipopolo is out of the HAMC in bad because he is a thief and stole club funds. Dipopolo regularly brought bad press to the club. The number of criminals busted under his never convicted watch can't be counted. Damiano Dipopolo often bragged of being arrested, and released without charge, 8 times. Founding member's Dipopolo fall from grace began after losing the Kelowna presidency to Richard Goldammer in 2022. He accumulated great wealth while being the top crime boss in the city for 20 years.

Twins Rocco and Damiano Dipopolo.

When criminal operations came crashing down there was always one man walking away fully intact. The career criminal abused the Supreme Court with 1% lies to silence bloggers. His lawyer was Suzan El-Khatib, who now works for the Vancouver Canucks.

The out bad biker now has ex top Calgary gang cop Sat Parhar making his threats for him. There is no confirming word that Damiano Dipopolo was a cop asset for over 2 decades. We say he best be watching his back. Even the HAMC has no use for Damiano Dipopolo and all it takes is one ratted out criminal to even the score.

Damiano Dipopolo used DeCotiis family money approaching $1m to expand the HAMC into Kelowna. Brandon Vito Hughes was a grandson of the patriarch of the Decotiis clan, and a key player in a bitter family feud. In February 2003, Paolo De Cotiis approached Brandon Hughes at a nightclub on Granville and threatened "to get" him and his family. Brandon Vito Hughes killers were waiting for him on July 23, 2009. After coming home from Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks, Hughes was gunned down outside his North Vancouver home. Giulo DeCotiis and Paolo DeCotiis were introduced to Rocco Dipopolo and Damiano Dipopolo through architect Oberto Oberti. The Dipopolos found their assassin through their connections with the Rizzuto Crime family - Luigi Salvatore Pasquale. Pasquale had an accomplice.

2 days after the murder of Hughes, Pasquale fled to Italy, where he lived in the vicinity of Palermo. In 2011, extradition proceedings were initiated to bring Pasquale to face trial in Canada for the murder of Brandon Vito Hughes.

Brandon Vito Hughes

Cops had strong fingerprint evidence against the killer. Pasquale was murdered in November 2011 outside a villa near Palermo.

Giulo DeCotiis

The Kelowna Hells Angels clubhouse at 837 Ellis Street was sold to the City in December 2024 and was torn down in March, 2025. See ----->Nice Boy