{"id":366059,"date":"2025-12-24T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366059\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:16:18","slug":"project-gaslight-guilty-plea-sends-edmonton-man-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/366059\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Project Gaslight\u2019 guilty plea sends Edmonton man to prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A fifth man has pleaded guilty to his role in a series of extortion cases targeting homebuilders in Edmonton\u2019s South Asian community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765485674_689_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Parminder Singh appeared in an Edmonton courtroom via CCTV Tuesday morning, wearing his orange prison jumpsuit.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to several firearms and an extortion charge for his role what police call \u201cProject Gaslight,\u201d a criminal syndicate that threatened victims with property damage and death if they failed to pay the criminals money.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u201cProject Gaslight\u201d was an organized crime spree targeting builders in Edmonton\u2019s South Asian community with shootings and threats of arson unless they paid the criminals money.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFile Photo\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While Singh, who was just 20 at the time, wasn\u2019t in direct contact with the victims, he fired several shots in a drive-by-shooting that targeted a victim\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>When a police officer later approached Singh\u2019s car, he fired several shots and ran off.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending 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alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBody of missing 9-year-old California girl Melodee Buzzard found: sources\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765813388_386_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Even after being caught and kept in custody, police say he was directing other members of the organization and helping with strategy..<\/p>\n<p>Court of King\u2019s Bench Justice John Henderson told Singh, while his guilty plea was considered to be a mitigating factor, as a mid to high level member of a criminal organization, he deserved harsh sentence because his actions had a profound impact on the victims.<\/p>\n<p>While Singh didn\u2019t address the court, his lawyer said he is remorseful of his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Taking into account time already served, Singh has just over four years left on his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>As an immigrant to Canada, he also faces deportation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size A fifth man has pleaded guilty to his role 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