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Langley RCMP extortion investigation with FBI leads to arrest, charges laid
Jasmeet Singh, charged with interstate threats, faces up to five years and $250,000 fine for extortion linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, police said.
- On Thursday, the Langley RCMP announced a joint RCMP–FBI investigation led to Jasmeet Singh's arrest in Fresno, Calif., and charges of interstate communication of threats.
- The victim's trouble began in 2022 in India, where two allegedly tried to extort $239,000, and after further threats the Langley resident moved to Canada early 2024, with charges filed May 27, 2024.
- The FBI affidavit details Jasmeet Singh sent a WhatsApp photo of the victim's car, followed by a voice message and several calls, allegedly threatening to kill the victim for cooperating with Indian police.
- Singh is being held in U.S. custody and was scheduled to appear on Thursday, Dec. 18; a federal grand jury charged him with transmitting threats and he faces five years and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
- Langley RCMP praised seamless cross‑border collaboration with U.S. partners as essential to the charges, following Ottawa's recent designation of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist organization.
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Suspect in B.C. extortion case is arrested and charged in California
LANGLEY — A man accused of being involved in an extortion investigation in British Columbia has been arrested and charged in California. RCMP say 30-year-old Jasmeet Singh is alleged to have made threatening phone calls to a victim in Langley, B.C.
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