A Fresno man is facing a federal indictment after Langley, B.C., police reported a barrage of death threats that investigators say jumped the Canada-U.S. border and turned a long-distance call into a full-blown cross-border case file.
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of California yesterday charged 30-year-old Jasmeet Singh with transmitting threats to injure another person, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors say messages sent on May 27, 2024, included a photograph of the victim’s vehicle and warnings that the sender knew the victim’s routines. Singh is in federal custody while the case moves forward.
Court documents reviewed by Canadian outlets paint a sharper picture of those communications. The complaint alleges the suspect used WhatsApp to call the victim and send a photo of the victim’s car, accompanied by audio taunts that the person would be killed in Canada. One line, reported as “You are going to die in Canada,” was among the threats described in reporting by The Times of India, which reviewed the complaint.
How Investigators Zeroed In On Fresno
Langley RCMP investigators say they traced the phone activity back to a person living in Fresno, Calif., then looped in the RCMP liaison officer in San Francisco and the FBI to build a case that could be charged on the U.S. side of the border. Local coverage notes the probe involved months of judicial authorizations and interagency evidence-sharing before the FBI sought charge approval in its jurisdiction.
RCMP Response And What Police Want You To Do
Langley RCMP credited international teamwork for the arrest, describing the outcome as the result of sustained cross-border investigative work, according to local reporting. The detachment has also been using the case as a cautionary tale, urging anyone who receives threats to hang on to every text, call log, and screenshot, and to call police rather than trying to negotiate on their own.
Those reminders were echoed in coverage of the criminal complaint and Langley statements, which stress that victims should preserve all communications and report them to law enforcement.
Bishnoi Link And The Bigger Picture
The complaint ties the threats to the victim’s earlier cooperation with Indian police in the arrests of alleged blackmailers. According to reporting on the filing, the extortion attempts allegedly sought roughly US$239,000. Investigators and reporters say that pattern mirrors a broader wave of extortion and threats that have been linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi network, a group that has recently drawn attention in Canadian national security discussions and in reporting by international outlets.
What Singh Is Facing In Court
Singh is charged federally with transmitting threats to injure. If convicted, he faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. As with any indictment, the charge is an allegation, and Singh is presumed innocent unless and until guilt is proven in court.
Langley RCMP have reiterated through the media that targets of this kind of scheme should keep messages, avoid replying to threats, and refuse to comply with any demands. “Do not respond to threats and do not comply with demands,” officers said in statements reported by local outlets.
Coverage in CityNews and the Winnipeg Free Press indicates Singh remains in custody as the federal case proceeds in the Eastern District of California. Investigators say they are continuing to assess how, if at all, the alleged threats connect to broader extortion activity.
