Dying Kelowna man fingers Jason Michael Holm as killer - update

Jason Michael Holm admitted his guilt to cops a short time after his arrest and blamed voices in his head. Court heard Paul Samuel Whitten was stabbed 49 times.

Jason Michael Holm

As he lay dying, a bloodied Kamloops father pointed the finger at his neighbour, telling a cop “Jason did it.” Jason Michael Holm’s first-degree murder trial got underway in Kelowna. He is accused of killing Paul Samuel Whitten, who was stabbed to death on Aug. 2, 2020. RCMP Const. Carolyn Braun broke down describing the bloody crime scene. She described large gashes on Whitten's chest, back and arms. “Blood was everywhere — all over him, all over the walkway,” she said. “He was asking for help. You could see in his face, he was begging for help." She approached the dying man and asked him his name. “He told me Paul,” she said. “I asked, ‘Paul, who did this?’ He said, ‘Jason did it.’”

Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano

Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano

Anthony Provenzano was born in New York in 1917. By the 1950s, he was president of the Teamsters Local 560, New Jersey, and vice-president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was also a made member of the Genovese crime family. Provenzano and Jimmy Hoffa were allies for years, stealing union funds. Provenzano went to prison in 1963 for extortion, and Hoffa went to prison in 1967 for bribery and fraud. The former lost his union pension while Hoffa kept his. They reportedly came across each other by chance at an airport, and Hoffa is said to have broken a bottle over Provenzano’s head, while the mobster told the union boss that he would "rip his guts out with his bare hands and kill his grandchildren." In 1975, Hoffa disappeared. He had been in Detroit for a meeting with Provenzano and mobster Anthony Giacalone, but they never showed up. That crime remains unsolved.

In 1978, he was convicted of ordering the 1961 murder of Anthony Castellito. He was sentenced to 25 years. A month later Provenzano was also sentenced to four years for arranging kickbacks on a $2.3m pension loan. A year after that, he was also convicted on labor racketeering charges, which landed him another 20-year prison term.

Provenzano died of a heart attack at Lompoc Federal Penitentiary, aged 71 in 1988.

Kelowna RCMP Const. Siggy Pietrzak in the pig pen - update

Const. Siggy Pietrzak was recently found not guilty in a high-profile assault trial. He was disciplined for running afoul of the RCMP Code of Conduct however. He loses 20 days pay and stands to be transferred after “discrediting the force”.

Tyler Russell was on the receiving end of at least 10 punches from Const. Siggy Pietrzak while he was held by two other cops. A notice of civil claim outlines six causes of action against Siggy 'Piggy' Pietrzak, the B.C. Minister of Justice and AG of Canada.

Cops say ... “During the arrest, the man actively resisted and allegedly turned combative toward the RCMP officers, who requested immediate backup.” It wasn't Pietrzak's first complaint and it was his sister who ratted him out. "My brother is the one that flew out of the vehicle and started throwing punches," she said in an email. "That’s who my brother is." The Kelowna RCMP has had a long string of incidents.

Ontario bureaucrat Sanjay Madan $47m fraud = 10 years

Sanjay Madan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges of fraud, breach of trust and money laundering. Madan was fired in Nov 2020 from his $176k job as director of the Ministry of Education’s iAccess Solutions Branch after his fraud surfaced. He owns Newgen Ventures Inc. a company registered in Panama that owns millions in real estate, all of which was listed for sale. His assets include a seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom house in North York, six Toronto condominiums, and more than $1m from the sale of another home. Madan holds Canadian and Indian passports as well as permanent residency status in Panama, a tax haven with no extradition treaty with Canada. His lawyer claimed he had mental issues.

Sons of Sanjay Madan sued Ontario for $1m in “psychological” damages. Chinmaya Madan, 27, and Ujjawal Madan, 24, claim the government’s “allegation of conspiracy” against them is “preposterous” and “has been advanced recklessly and maliciously.” Chinmaya Madan was a product manager who resigned in July 2020 while brother Ujjawal Madan worked under their father.

The province says some or all of Madan, his spouse, Shalini, their sons, and Madan’s associate Vidhan Singh perpetrated a massive fraud exceeding $21m. Sanjay Madan received $10m in secret commissions for steering government contracts to companies he or Vidhan Singh controlled. Madan and his family opened more than 400 accounts at the Bank of Montreal. They deposited more than 10,000 cheques made out to fictitious people with non-existent children under the Covid support program. In a statement of defence Madan blames the province for lax security that allowed “widespread misappropriation” of taxpayer funds.

Bikie Jason Kemp’s death 'not suspicious'

Bikie Jason Kemp was found floating face down in the pool at his private villa at The Pearle of Cable Beach in Broome, Western Australia, on February 11 after a long life of crime. He was the mystery gunman who shot up Dayne Brajkovich's home two years earlier. Kemp fired six shots into Brajkovich's Holden Commodore in March 2021, while his wife and seven-year-old son were inside. No one was hurt. The shooting was in retaliation for Brajkovich bashing Rebels boss Nick Martin at a pub in November 2020.

UK gangsters put £250k bounty on head of child killer Thomas Cashman

The killer of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, has a £250k bounty on his head by criminals who want him silenced. Thomas Cashman, 34, will be sentenced for killing the girl in Liverpool. He has been made the target of a hit over fears he could cooperate with cops. Cashman is seen as a rat, willing to hand over information on his 2 unsolved gangland murders in exchange for better conditions during his sentence. "He knows everything about everyone. The figure is £250,000 to kill him," a source said. The hitman and drug dealer was found guilty of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, the attempted murder of intended target Joseph Nee, and the wounding of Cheryl Korbel.

Disgraced lawyer Faiyaz Ahmad Dean banned from securities in B.C.

Faiyaz Ahmad Dean was a B.C. lawyer when he got involved in the stock fraud business. Dean was busted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018 for assisting a pump-and-dump stock fraud involving a company called Biozoom Inc. The scam involved $34m in proceeds. Dean also faces criminal charges in the U.S. related to Biozoom. In its decision in B.C., a securities commission panel noted that Dean’s misconduct was extremely serious. The K9 continues to be 'a serious risk to investors and British Columbia’s capital markets.' Faiyaz Dean was connected to Vancouver securities lawyer Penny Green of Bacchus Law.

Pro-Putin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky whacked

Vladlen Tatarsky died when a blast tore through the cafe where he was appearing as a guest of a pro-war group. Tatarsky was killed by a device hidden in a figurine presented to him by a woman before the blast.

Tatarsky is the pen name for Maxim Fomin, who had accumulated more than 560,000 followers on Telegram. A St Petersburg website said the explosion took place at a cafe that once belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group.

Cops raid top Quebec Hells Angels - update

Mafioso Francesco 'Chit' Del Balso was visited by cops in relation to the attempted hit on Leonardo Rizzuto. Del Balso was released after a few hours. He was forced to hand over his passport to the SQ. There are no charges.

The bikers were raided in relation to a cocaine ring.

Eight raids were conducted in Montreal, Laval and Estérel. Cops paid a visit to the homes of Michel Lamontagne, Stéphane Plouffe, and Martin Robert in a cocaine investigation. Robert, 48, is considered to be among the most influential Hells Angels in Quebec. He holds the rare 'World' HA status. Mafioso Francesco 'Chit' Del Balso is also said to be a target of the investigation.

Stéphane Plouffe

Two tonnes of cocaine landed in Dominican Republic

Dominican anti-narcotics agents have seized more than two tonnes of cocaine stashed in a shipment of bananas en route from Ecuador to the Netherlands. It is the largest seizure ever of cocaine in the Dominican Republic.

License plate flipper the latest thing

Two people were arrested by Irvine police in 2022 after a Mercedes-Benz believed to have been involved in burglaries was found in Irvine with a license plate flipping device. Cops first got a call about the car from a resident who recognized the suspicious vehicle as being involved in several burglaries that happened the week before. Yasmine Kambour and Chris Huynh were busted.

Scott Burley - 2 Burley Men Moving - mover from hell

A Victoria moving company that overcharged a customer $2,300 has been ordered to pay the money back after the small claims court ruled the firm provided no evidence for why it overcharged in the first place. The moving company is a frequent flyer in small claims court with this case being its eighth so far this year. In 2022 the operation was involved in more than 35 small claims cases against its customers. Lead terd is Scott Burley.

Inderdeep Singh Gosal the Starbucks killer

In a horrific, senseless crime, and one captured in brutal detail by unconcerned bystanders, Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, was stabbed to death outside the Starbucks at the corner of Granville and West Pender streets around 5:40 p.m. on Sunday. That terrible video won't be reproduced here. Killer Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has pro-Khalistan links.

Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, asked Inderdeep Singh Gosal to not vape next to his child.

A fundraiser for the family of Paul Stanley Schmidt has raised more than $139k for his daughter's future. Give generously.

Ryan Timothy Chiappe wanted

Ryan Timothy Chiappe, 44, is wanted in Prince George for two counts of possessing a firearm, among other things. Chiappe was once a promising MMA fighter. He ended his career with an 10-8 record as welterweight Ryan 'Ruthless' Chiappe. The gangster lifestyle and drugs took their toll and it only took a few years.

Chiappe in 2010.

Jonathan Massari pleads guilty in Montreal Mob hits = 25 years

Jonathan Massari was sentenced to a prison term of 25 years for his role in the killing Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, as well as the murders of brothers Vincenzo and Giuseppe Falduto.

Massari was the right-hand man of Salvatore Scoppa.

Jonathan Massari, 41, admitted he plotted to kill Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, leaders in the Rizzuto organization, during 2016. He also admitted to being part of the conspiracy to murder Vincenzo and Giuseppe Falduto. Led by Salvatore Scoppa, who maintained a list of people he wanted killed, the first was Lorenzo Giordano. An informant said he didn't participate in that murder, but Massari told him Dominico Scarfo was the gunman, while Massari acted as the getaway driver. The informant testified he personally shot Rocco Sollecito in Laval before jumping on the back of a motorcycle driven by Massari.

Gangster goldfish on the rise in B.C.

Goldfish are adaptable, intelligent, and in many cases, end up being flushed down the toilet.

Dumped goldfish in B.C. waters are reproductive machines able to spit out 50,000 eggs at a time, three times a summer. Goldfish don’t even need a male to multiply, they have a special process called gynogenesis. Females clone themselves.

They have grown numerous and large, choking out the locals.

Frequent flyer Jeffrey Michael Kizmann busted again

Jeffrey Michael Kizmann, 41, tried to sell a stolen chainsaw on Facebook Marketplace in April 2021. The man whose chainsaw was stolen saw the Stihl and set up a meeting at the Sardis Sports Complex. Cops swooped in and a bored Kizmann was jailbound again. Cops searched the recidivist's Civic and found 114 grams of illegal drugs, mostly fentanyl/carfentanil and methamphetmine. Kizmann has used many aliases in his career, including Shaun Ratzlaff, Jeffery Ratzlaff, Michael Baker, David Ratzlaff and Tina Ste. Croix. His first conviction came in 2000.

'Crazy Rich Surabayan' a fraud artist

Wahyu Kenzo, 36, was dubbed the 'Crazy Rich Surabayan', a name spun out from an Instagram feed buzzing with luxury, fast cars and handshakes with celebrities enchanted by his unlimited brilliance. Kenzo’s robot-trading platform – Auto Trade Gold (ATG) – collapsed, defrauding 25,000 people of a total of US$585m.

Billed as the infallible artificial intelligence-powered tool scouring forex margins faster than humans, it was exposed as a lie. So were Kenzo's claims of 200% returns. Dum dums fell for a classic Ponzi scheme.

Dinar Wahyu Saptian Dyfrig or familiarly known as Wahyu Kenzo, is caged.

'Mob Boss' bank heist foiled

A Clairton man found himself in jail after telling bank employees he was a mob boss and directing them to put money on his bank card. Daniel Bizzelle Jr., 31, of Clairton, is charged with robbery, possession and public drunkenness. Bizzelle allegedly told bank employees he was a mob boss and and he wanted $50k placed on his bank card. He said he would take $10k if they couldn’t give him the full amount, then said, “This is a stick up,” and “No need to get police involved,” according to the complaint.

Karachi’s water mafia

Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20m. The city has enormous water needs. It's core population is growly rapidly, with an industrial hub with over 10,000 factories. Up to 80% of the city’s water is pumped through a leaky 10,000km network of ancient pipelines at low prices. The other 20% rely on private tankers charging much more.

As the state-run water supply increasingly fails, the water mafia steps in to profit. And where do they get their water? Illegal water hydrants are built to siphon off the water from the main supply. Over 10 million gallons per day is stolen from the system. That system has not seen any upgrades for over 25 years because there is no revenue. The issue has become political as control over water from the city’s rapidly depleting freshwater sources has become one of the most lucrative industries in the mega-city. In Karachi, those politicians with close ties to the water mafia have the most power, and are emblematic of state corruption.

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