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Hassan Khalil Sam Mraiche – update XI
Tom Cardoso and Carrie Tait at the Globe and Mail have recorded another chapter of the Hassan Khalil Sam Mraiche fraud. Two companies involved in the construction of addiction recovery facilities in Alberta are mired in litigation. Included are accusations of forgery and threats of intimidation involving Sam Mraiche. Companies involved are Melewka Homes Ltd.…
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CRA employee Yoan Zola charged
The case was launched in March 2022 following a complaint from the CRA that an employee had “compromised taxpayer information”. After nearly four years Yoan Zola, 35, was arrested January 29 2026. Zola has been charged with identity theft, fraud under $5,000, fraudulent personation, trafficking in identity information, breach of trust, and using a credit…
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Jonathan Yaniv – Jolene Johnson – update II
Latest in Jonathan ‘Wax my Balls’ land is the MLS listing for his soon to be former condo. Asking price is $400k or $690/sq ft. Alta West was owed $360,694.93 several months ago. To get rid of Yaniv they are likely negotiable. 203-8915 202 Street, Langley, BC V1M 0B5 COULD be yours for around $1,800…
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Sandher Crime Family ‘hiring’
The Sandher Crime Family, preparing for this year’s LMIA process, has posted jobs for 100 ‘multi-skilled farm worker – harvest’. In order to bring foreign workers into Canada, the employer must show there are no Canadians available. This is an annual event for all Okanagan growers. Rate of pay is $17.85 and includes low quality…
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Denciti steal – Sandher Crime Family
The rezoning of 54 acres of property from private recreation to commercial at Kelowna Springs Golf Course will go ahead. City council Monday afternoon voted 5-3 in favour of the rezoning application at 480 Penno Road put forward by Denciti Developments. The decision paves the way for commercial development. Predictably, conflicted Councillors Luke Stack, Rick…
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The Sandher brothers – executive protection
It’s no street secret that Prabtaj Singh Sandher and Gurtaj Singh Sandher whacking long-time HAMC associate and IS founder Donny Lyons on June 15, 2024 on Sinaloa Cartel orders created bad blood. Revenge was exacted on the Sandher crime family drug ‘superlabs’ and 5 of those fell. It said both Sandhers remain legitimate hit targets.…
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‘Dr’ William (Viliam) Makis – permanent injunction, contempt
On March 4, 2026, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench granted CPSA a permanent injunction against William (Viliam) Makis on the same terms as the interim injunction previously issued in August 2025, which stated Makis is: Restricted from representing or implying that he is licensed to practise medicine in Alberta. Restricted from offering or providing…
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HA Robert Barletta a hitman target – revisited
Salvatricia Barletta, matriarch of the Barletta brothers, died at 89 in her hometown of Caldera, Sicily in October 2025. Salvatricia and her late husband Domenico owned many buildings in London that were damaged or destroyed by fires. Salvatricia was the owner of the building that previously housed the Beef Baron and now is home to…
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Murder of Donald Lyons – 20 months on
Donald Bryce Lyons, 51, was gunned down in his Princeton driveway on June 15, 2024. Lyons was no choirboy. He was a major gangster, one of the founders of the Independent Soldiers. Donnie Lyons spent his entire adult life doing crimes. Lester Jones, the out bad thief VP of the Kelowna Hells Angels, was a…
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Crude oil on a serious rise – Pete Hegseth
“Secretary of war” Pete Hegseth addressed the public after CNN reported that the administration had erroneously assumed that Iran would keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Iran has mined the strait, fired on ships, choked off traffic, and caused the price of oil and other commodities to soar. It promised today to keep the straight…
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Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine – update
There has been an increase in eyeballs seeking out Duane Antoine and the Poundmaker first nation. The reason isn’t clear. The results from a Fed audit haven’t yet been released. Poundmaker First Nation has all but shuttered itself after the announcement of an Indigenous Services Canada forensic audit in August 2025. The band website is…
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Ralph van der Walle sued for $906,225 – Addy Invest
Vancouver fractional real estate investment platform Addy Invest told users that its restructuring its business. Co-founders Stephen Jagger and Michael Stephenson broke the news in an email. Stephen Jagger, Jeff Booth and Michael Stephenson. They say the company is “unable to continue operating in its current structure”. Addy’s website now only directs to its app…
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Edward ‘Scrubby’ Saldano Jr
Edward “Scrubby” Saldano Jr. was shot and killed in the same area in Belize City where he survived a grazing gun wound less than a month ago. Saldano Jr. was no stranger to police, with past charges for robbery, firing a gun in public, and gang ties. In 2025 police shot him inside the Michael…
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Dayne Brajkovich – Oz bikie
Dayne Brajkovich has been fined $500 by a magistrate for tattooing a swastika on his already heavily tattooed face. The display of Nazi symbols was outlawed by Western Australia. WA passed laws in 2024 outlawing the display of Nazi symbols and the performance of the Nazi salute in public. It set the maximum penalty at…
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The Habibs and the Kingpin Crew – ‘In your corner’
Surrey slumlord Amit Chopra reached out to Kelowna mayoral candidate David Habib to help remove tenants from a drug house in 2022. Habib’s solution was simple, board the property up with the druggies inside. “I’ve always been as I like to say, ‘in your corner,’” said Habib. He finished in third place in the October…