York Regional Police say Thomas Phippard, 47, of Toronto, ‘Frank the Tank’ has been charged in connection with an ongoing organized crime investigation involving unlawful gaming, extortion, and intimidation tactics.
Between January 2024 and October 2025, Frank the Tank worked with a crime group that operated illegal betting websites. Victims were allowed to place wagers on credit, but when they lost, they were pressured to pay back debts in cash — often in inflated amounts. Threats and violence were used to enforce payment.
On Oct. 16, 2025, officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Toronto. They seized controlled substances, brass knuckles, a collapsible baton, ammunition, and large sums of Canadian and American currency. Phippard is facing charges, including kidnapping, two counts of extortion, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, commission of offence for criminal organization, three counts of possession of a weapon, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
In 2013 Frank the Tank was busted with HA Robert Barletta and a score of others for organized crime offenses. Here.
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