Gurmit Dhindsa that was an Indian Godfather! Dhinsa was "the self-professed leader of the 'Singh Enterprise,' a vast racketeering organization built around a chain of fifty-one gasoline stations that Dhinsa owned and operated throughout the New York City metropolitan area under the name 'Citygas.' Dhinsa installed 'pump-rigging' technology that overcharged consumers for gas, generating tens of millions of dollars of excess revenues over a period of a decade. He protected the enterprise by bribing public officials, purchasing weapons, and threatening, kidnapping, or murdering individuals whom he viewed as threats to his operations." Dhinsa III, 917 F.3d at 74 (internal quotation omitted).
The convictions at issue here arise from the murder of Manmohan Singh, who worked at a Citygas station. "Numerous witnesses testified that throughout 1997, Manmohan was actively searching for his brother, Kulwant, who had disappeared from a Citygas station in 1995. Manmohan suspected Dhinsa of kidnapping Kulwant or otherwise contributing to Kulwant's disappearance." Dhinsa then paid a hitman, Marvin Dodson, to kill Manmohan because of Manmohan's cooperation with the police. Id. Dhinsa supplied Dodson with a gun. Id. "After accompanying Manmohan to an office area at the station under the pretext that he needed a can of oil, Dodson ordered Manmohan to kneel down near a bench and proceeded to fire two shots into the back of Manmohan's head, killing him." Dhinsa I, 243 F.3d at 644. The Second Circuit described the evidence against Dhinsa for his role in Manmohan's murder as "direct and overwhelming." Id. at 660.
Dhindsa was not given the death penalty but did get life in prisión without parole. This was greed and power that got him to jail. He was fined money, he was ordered to pay the victims families over 600k each. His businesses gas stations were all auctioned off.
