A fourth young man has admitted to being part of a criminal conspiracy that ran an extortion scheme targeting South Asian homebuilders in the Edmonton area.

Gurkaran Singh, 20, pleaded guilty on Friday to extortion, arson and money laundering for a criminal organization.

He was handed seven years in prison after a judge approved a joint submission from the Crown and defence. It’s the longest sentence so far for anyone accused in the so-called Project Gaslight investigation.

The series of violent extortions, arsons and drive-by shootings began in October 2023. Several developers saw their properties burned in the wake of messages telling them to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Torched homes, threats have Edmonton's South Asian business community on edge

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