"After an FBI informant was killed last year, cocaine lawyer Deepak Paradkar doubled down on his assertion that the FBI's case against accused drug kingpin Ryan Wedding would unravel, now that the man had been killed, according to new evidence from U.S. prosecutors. Prosecutors have previously alleged that Paradkar advised Wedding and his second-in-command Andrew Clark to kill the informant to ensure the case against them would collapse."
"In a new court filing, Paradkar is accused of reaffirming that belief in conversations with Wedding and a co-operating witness that the FBI's case was no longer viable after the January 2025 killing of Montreal-born former drug trafficker-turned-FBI informant Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia. Paradkar, a well-known Brampton, Ont., criminal defence lawyer who once went by cocaine lawyer on social media was arrested in November, amid accusations he played a key role in Wedding's alleged murderous drug-trafficking empire."
An FBI informant, Jonathan Acebedo-Garcia, was killed in January 2025, after which Deepak Paradkar allegedly asserted the FBI's case against accused drug kingpin Ryan Wedding would collapse. U.S. prosecutors allege Paradkar advised Wedding and Andrew Clark to murder the informant and later reaffirmed that belief in conversations with Wedding and a co-operating witness. Prosecutors allege Paradkar used his Brampton law practice to introduce drug traffickers and to share legal disclosure with Wedding and Clark. A 46-page case record details the allegations. Paradkar faces U.S. extradition on charges including conspiracy to commit murder and to retaliate against a witness, a potential life sentence, suspension of his law licence, and release on $5-million bail while denying wrongdoing.
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