Olive Oil becoming more profitable than cocaine

Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) comes from the first press of olives and is free of any additives or diluents. It’s a deeply flavoured, aromatic oil with many health benefits. Trade is global and the finest olive oils can be very expensive. Fake olive oil often contains sunflower, soy, rapeseed and canola for the base. Fake oils are deodorized and coloured using chlorophyll. In some cases, an additional oil is added. Production costs are low and profits high. Spain is the world's biggest olive oil producer, serving 70% of EU demand and 45% of the world. The lack of rain in olive-producing areas in Spain have caused prices to spike. In the EU the average price of olive oil has risen 75% since 2021, and in Spain the price has risen 150% in the past two years. Cost inflation, reduced olive oil production, and increasing demand have created the perfect storm for fraudsters.

Auto thieves conspired with ServiceOntario employees

Cops launched ‘Project Safari’ in February in response to a huge rise in vehicle theft in the GTA. Seven face 73 charges after cops learned an auto theft ring was conspiring with employees at ServiceOntario. Employees sold driving and vehicle data taken from the Ministry of Transportation database, including addresses. After stealing the vehicle, fraudulent vehicle identification numbers were placed on the stolen vehicles. Re-vinning makes the car appear legitimate. Vehicles were then sold to unsuspecting buyers. Others were used in crimes. Cops recovered $1.5m in stolen and re-vined vehicles in addition to equipment, tools and electronics. Hundreds of people had their information compromised. Busted are Keerthan Mangaleswaran, 29, Gobi Yogarajah, 25, Kajan Jokanajakam, 32, Milosha Ariyaratnam, 29, and Howard Lee, 22. Doneika Jackson, 38, and Andrea Fernandes, 30, were both charged with breach of trust by a public officer and trafficking in identity information.

'Baby Face' Nelson

On April 21, 1930, Nelson robbed his first bank, making off with $4,000.

Lester Joseph Gillis better known under the pseudonym George Nelson, was a bank robber and murderer in the 1930s. Gillis was known as Baby Face Nelson, a name given to him due to his youthful appearance and small stature. Nelson was responsible for many murders, and has the distinction of having killed more FBI agents in the line of duty than any other American citizen. After the death of Dillinger, Nelson was made public enemy number one. Nelson was killed in a shootout on November 27, 1934 at the age of 25.

Nelson and his crew were linked to a botched robbery in Summit, Illinois on Nov 23, 1930 that resulted in three dead and three wounded. Three nights later, they hit a tavern and Nelson ended up committing his first murder of note when he killed stockbroker Edwin R. Thompson. Nelson hooked up with the Dillinger gang and was made a high-priority target of the FBI. Nelson's ‘Lemon Squeezer,’ was gifted to a mechanic who customized his car to outrun police. It sold for $21k in 2018.

A gun battle between FBI agents and Nelson on November 27, 1934 outside Chicago resulted in the deaths of Nelson and FBI Agents Herman "Ed" Hollis and Samuel P. Cowley.

Nelson and his associates drove off in the agents' car. He was later found dead in a ditch in a nearby town. Nelson had been shot a total of seventeen times; seven submachine gun slugs had struck his torso and ten shotgun pellets had torn into his legs.

Fleeced dummy denies abusing Aiden Pleterski - update

Self described ‘crypto king’ Aiden Pleterski, 25, just landed in Melbourne. He's on a months-long travel spree he’s prolifically posting about.

Despite bankruptcy proceedings tied to his $40m fraud, he's partying in Los Angeles for Halloween, posting poolside from Miami, and travelling to London for a fight. Pleterski has not been criminally charged. He spends hours live streaming, including more than five hours building and destroying a Lego Titanic.

Akil Heywood and three others are charged with kidnapping Pleterski for ransom. Pleterski owes at least $40m to dum dums. They petitioned Pleterski into bankruptcy a year ago. “I can assure you I am innocent,” Heywood says. Heywood lost $740k to Pleterski. Heywood was involved in examining Pleterski’s bankruptcy proceedings and had access to documents. 5 people involved in the case were voted to represent the interests of Pleterski’s investors. Heywood was one of them. Heywood is alleged to have threatened the bankruptcy trustee to pay him $2m in crypto.

Mexican Mafia Gonzalez stays caged for cop killing

Mexican Mafia member Jesse Gonzalez was sentenced to death in 1981 for the 1979 killing of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Jack Williams.

He will remain in prison. Gonzalez has never denied killing Williams, but claims he believed the plainclothes cops were members of a rival gang coming to kill him. Gonzalez will be making the same arguments in federal court where he is still trying to overturn the verdict.

John Michael Aronson - Johnny Blaze busted again

Notorious Kelowna criminal John Michael Aronson, 37, was handed a 17-month sentence for two firearms offences in July 2023. With credit for time he spent in custody since his arrest in July 2022 he was released. The prolific criminal has racked up 46 convictions over 17 years. The judge noted Aronson was Metis. Aronson, in a statement to the court, vowed once again to be a changed man. Aronson was previously arrested on charges of robbery and firearms. His criminal record stretches on long before those charges, with many incidents being high-profile and high-risk. He gained attention in 2018 after he was shot during an arrest at Orchard Park Mall. “Almost dying was an eye-opener for me,” Aronson said in court Sept. 23, 2019. "You won't see me here again'. Later the same day he raced down Highway 97 high on drugs.

Cops busted him after he crashed his car, shutting down the road for hours. He suffered a fractured skull and broke his arm, shoulder, femur, pelvis, knee and ankle. He was seriously injured and spent two months in hospital before being confined to a wheelchair for months. Aronson already had more than 30 prior convictions for crimes including driving while suspended as well as multiple assault and resisting arrest charges. Aronson had been on the run for 3 days after cutting off his monitoring device while under court order to live at a halfway house in Surrey.

Johnny Blaze couldn't stay clean for 60 days. He was busted again in September for breach of probation and driving while disqualified. Local Conservative MP Tracy Gray raised Aronson in the House of Commons to criticize what she called Canada’s “catch and release” bail system.

Colombian Jhon Fredy Zapata-Garzón faces kingpin charges

Colombian cops captured John Fredy Zapata Garzón in 2021. Zapata Garzón shared routes for drug trafficking to Europe and the US with the Clan del Golfo through shell companies, investments, and real estate.  In Dec 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department fingered Zapata Garzón “for materially assisting the international narcotics trafficking activities of the Clan del Golfo.” Zapata Garzón pleaded not guilty in Miami. He's looking at life without parole.

George Nast - Atlas One Digital Securities - Addy Invest

George Nast george@atlasone.ca

Lets put em together for mystery man CEO of the badly functioning website Atlas One Digital Securities Inc. Joining him are Ambreen Hamza. COO. The gruesome twosome are refugees of Standard Chartered Bank. They appear UK based. Dean Sutton and Darah Powers (paralegal) are directors. What do these folks 'do' from their dank office on Granville Island? "Atlas One is a Canadian-based digital securities firm. We enable access to private capital markets through blockchain technology, tokenizing some of Canada’s most interesting opportunities and making them easily available to investors." Established in 2021 and these 'crowdfunding' reprobates are beyond the pale. https://invest.atlasone.ca/offers

We say this group stinks to Ponzi high heaven. First there is nothing related to real estate at all. Users of the 'platform' are lending their money 100% unsecured. In return they get subordinated, non-voting partnership units. There is a $25 reward per referral. Now dum dums may make another fortune, but there's a catch. You may never retrieve a penny. These idjets don't tell the too eager 20 somethings about WITHDRAWING their money. That is strictly verbotten and requires approval at the highest, Georgie Peorgie levels. Apparently never has a single cent been retrieved from the 'platform'.

At the retail end we have 'Addy Invest' led by gay men. A body can't make this up. "Our addys sell out quickly! Connect your bank account and fund your wallet so that you're ready for when a property drops." "addy makes real estate investment accessible to everyone, through crowdfunding properties and letting anyone invest." 100% of your investment goes into the property you invest in with addy; there are no transaction fees or commissions.

Among the latest 'drops' is a dodgy renovation project in Toronto from investment fund Alliance REIT. One of the requirements under the 45-101 'crowdfunding' exemption is that the issuer NOT be an investment fund. If this opportunity of many lifetimes doesn't appeal another 'drop' for your money is happening in Oklahoma. One left a comment ... "This is just a fancy mortgage syndication, preying on people who know nothing about commercial real estate investment." We say this is a Ponzi scam.

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Genovese capo was defending his honor - 'no balls' - lawyer

Genovese capo Anthony 'Rom' Romanello, 86, is accused of popping a Manhattan steakhouse owner as part of an extortion plot. Not so says his lawyer. The fracas wasn't over a gambling debt, it was because the victim called Romanello a “washed-up Italian” with “no balls.” Surveillance footage captured Romanello's attempt to collect a $86k gambling debt from Shuqeri 'Bruno' Selimaj. Romanello's lawyer said prosecutors tried to portray Romanello delivering a blow like Rocky Marciano. "People who have viewed the video will say my client punches "like a girl."

Marc Issa El-Khoury whacked

Gangsters Marckens Vilme, Brandon Reyes and Joseph Pallotta were found guilty of the first-degree murder of Niagara HA Michael Deabaitua-Schulde March 11, 2019. A fourth man, Marc Issa El Khoury, was found not guilty. El-Khoury, 30, was found dead in a commercial building in the Duvernay neighbourhood in Laval. He had been shot multiple times in a targeted hit.The murder of Deabaitua-Schulde was seen as an internal HAMC matter.

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