Police investigation probes landlord's taxes, casino activities
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For more than three years, Edmonton police Det. Dan Behiels investigated notorious Edmonton landlord Abdullah Shah and some of his alleged accomplices. In January 2021, when the investigation concluded and no charges were laid, a frustrated Behiels took the extraordinary step of leaking the confidential investigative documents to CBC News. He is now suspended and facing disciplinary charges. CBC Edmonton's new series — Behind the blue line: Investigating Abdullah Shah — digs into those documents and why Behiels decided to put his career on the line for them.
Part Three examines the Edmonton Police Service and the Canada Revenue Agency's joint investigation into alleged money laundering and tax evasion.
For two years, investigators with Project Fisk — a joint Edmonton Police Service and Canada Revenue Agency task force — probed the empire built by notorious inner-city landlord Abdullah Shah, also known as Carmen Pervez.
But despite the thousands of hours committed to unraveling the inner workings of a suspected criminal organization, no charges were laid against Shah or seven of his associates connected to Home Placement Systems, a company owned and controlled by Shah.
That was a body blow to the man who headed up the investigation, now suspended Edmonton police Det. Dan Behiels.
In a 75-page summary of the case submitted to the Crown in December last year, Behiels wrote that he believed he had the evidence to support 19 criminal charges against Shah and seven of his HPS associates, including participation in a criminal organization, laundering proceeds of crime, fraud, forgery, human trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and drug trafficking.
After reviewing Behiels' findings that same month, the Crown declined to pursue charges.
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