Adrian Humphreys
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Author, journalist, underworld observer ▪ Reporter @nationalpost.bsky.social
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Jack of Diamonds: A colourful conman's house of cards comes tumbling down
A Toronto man known as the Jack of Diamonds scammed investors using his silver tongue and cheap gems. Learn how he finally got caught
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"When Jack Kronis hit six-feet tall, with his hair wavy and thick and dressed in designer outfits, he looked like a million bucks. Which wasn’t nearly enough."
Please read my true crime delve into a career conman who pillaged millions. The Jack of Diamonds:
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Please read my true crime delve into a career conman who pillaged millions. The Jack of Diamonds:
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked audio of CBC disciplinary meeting with former TV host Travis Dhanraj
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked audio of CBC disciplinary meeting with former TV host Travis Dhanraj
In the recording a manager appears to equate a CBC journalist reporting something critical about the CBC with a potential breach of ethics
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July 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked audio of CBC disciplinary meeting with former TV host Travis Dhanraj
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A silver-tongued Canadian conman I have been tracking for more than a year unexpectedly fled his U.S. sentencing hearing after learning how long his time in prison might be.
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
Canadian conman flees U.S. sentencing after learning how long his prison term might be
Antonio Palazzolo seemed to expect similar treatment as his co-conspirators in the Paragon fraud, but his sentencing range was much harsher.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A silver-tongued Canadian conman I have been tracking for more than a year unexpectedly fled his U.S. sentencing hearing after learning how long his time in prison might be.
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
A silver-tongued Canadian conman I have been tracking for more than a year unexpectedly fled his U.S. sentencing hearing after learning how long his time in prison might be.
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
Canadian conman flees U.S. sentencing after learning how long his prison term might be
Antonio Palazzolo seemed to expect similar treatment as his co-conspirators in the Paragon fraud, but his sentencing range was much harsher.
nationalpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A silver-tongued Canadian conman I have been tracking for more than a year unexpectedly fled his U.S. sentencing hearing after learning how long his time in prison might be.
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...
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Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman had been ranked as Russia’s second-richest man by Forbes in 2016, but by 2023, sanctions seemed to have taken a toll; he dropped to ninth place.
In court in Canada, his daughters said their father’s estimated net worth was $12.8 billion.
In court in Canada, his daughters said their father’s estimated net worth was $12.8 billion.
March 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman had been ranked as Russia’s second-richest man by Forbes in 2016, but by 2023, sanctions seemed to have taken a toll; he dropped to ninth place.
In court in Canada, his daughters said their father’s estimated net worth was $12.8 billion.
In court in Canada, his daughters said their father’s estimated net worth was $12.8 billion.
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My exclusive: Daughters of an oligarch once ranked the second-richest in Russia and considered part of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle lost their bid to be removed from Canada’s sanction’s list, even though they declared they oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine. nationalpost.com/news/russian...
Russian oligarch’s daughters remain on Canada’s sanctions list despite condemning war on Ukraine
Daughters of Mikhail Fridman, the second richest man in Russia and part of Putin’s inner circle, went to court in Canada to oppose sanctions
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March 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My exclusive: Daughters of an oligarch once ranked the second-richest in Russia and considered part of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle lost their bid to be removed from Canada’s sanction’s list, even though they declared they oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine. nationalpost.com/news/russian...
My exclusive: Daughters of an oligarch once ranked the second-richest in Russia and considered part of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle lost their bid to be removed from Canada’s sanction’s list, even though they declared they oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine. nationalpost.com/news/russian...
Russian oligarch’s daughters remain on Canada’s sanctions list despite condemning war on Ukraine
Daughters of Mikhail Fridman, the second richest man in Russia and part of Putin’s inner circle, went to court in Canada to oppose sanctions
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March 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My exclusive: Daughters of an oligarch once ranked the second-richest in Russia and considered part of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle lost their bid to be removed from Canada’s sanction’s list, even though they declared they oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine. nationalpost.com/news/russian...
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Rick Ciarniello, an original B.C. Hells Angel, has died at 80. He fought many court challenges against police tactics and was a key witness at the civil forfeiture case over 3 clubhouses (the government won) vancouversun.com/news/origina...
Original B.C. Hells Angel and longtime gang spokesman dies
Longtime Hells Angels spokesman Rick Ciarniello has died, prompting tributes from his biker brothers across social media. Kim Bolan reports.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Rick Ciarniello, an original B.C. Hells Angel, has died at 80. He fought many court challenges against police tactics and was a key witness at the civil forfeiture case over 3 clubhouses (the government won) vancouversun.com/news/origina...
📚 In 2015, police in Montreal searched the home of Leonardo Rizzuto, son of dead Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto and an alleged replacement for his powerful dad. Lying on his kitchen table, police found a copy of my book on the Rizzuto clan, called The Sixth Family. You see it in the police photo below. 1/4
March 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
📚 In 2015, police in Montreal searched the home of Leonardo Rizzuto, son of dead Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto and an alleged replacement for his powerful dad. Lying on his kitchen table, police found a copy of my book on the Rizzuto clan, called The Sixth Family. You see it in the police photo below. 1/4
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CRIME TOURISTS: Organized burglary gangs from abroad are wintering in Canada and the United States while ransacking and looting homes. Here is my latest true crime story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Crime tourists: Organized burglary gangs are wintering in Canada and ransacking homes
'Theft groups enter Canada shortly after DST ends and return home to their countries in the spring after they’ve committed crime'
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February 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
CRIME TOURISTS: Organized burglary gangs from abroad are wintering in Canada and the United States while ransacking and looting homes. Here is my latest true crime story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
CRIME TOURISTS: Organized burglary gangs from abroad are wintering in Canada and the United States while ransacking and looting homes. Here is my latest true crime story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Crime tourists: Organized burglary gangs are wintering in Canada and ransacking homes
'Theft groups enter Canada shortly after DST ends and return home to their countries in the spring after they’ve committed crime'
nationalpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
CRIME TOURISTS: Organized burglary gangs from abroad are wintering in Canada and the United States while ransacking and looting homes. Here is my latest true crime story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
A Toronto fraudster who was born into a prominent medical family has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for a lofty diamond investment scam that stripped hundreds of victims of more than $21 million. My story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Third Toronto fraudster who ran $21-million diamond investment scam is sent to prison in U.S.
US prosecutors identified about 200 victims in the US who lost more than $21 million to a rapacious gang of slick-talking Toronto conmen
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February 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A Toronto fraudster who was born into a prominent medical family has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for a lofty diamond investment scam that stripped hundreds of victims of more than $21 million. My story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
An Ontario man, named as the boss of a huge cross-border smuggling ring moving high-value loads of cocaine and meth from the United States into Canada, was slipped out of Canada and into a U.S. court. My exclusive: nationalpost.com/news/ontario...
Ontario man named boss of huge cross-border drug smuggling ring slipped out of Canada and into U.S. court
Guramrit Sidhu allegedly arranged for transport truck drivers to hide drugs in their legitimate loads of cargo and drive them into Canada
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February 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
An Ontario man, named as the boss of a huge cross-border smuggling ring moving high-value loads of cocaine and meth from the United States into Canada, was slipped out of Canada and into a U.S. court. My exclusive: nationalpost.com/news/ontario...
Canadian inventors of giant ice surfacing machines that tame the Rideau Canal into the world’s largest skating rink have lost the patent for their contraptions because email alerts warning of an unpaid fee got caught in junk mail. My chilling news on the Frosters: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
How inventors of famed Frosters that groom Rideau Canal skating rink lost patent due to junk mail
The Frosters crawl along the canal giving the world’s largest skating rink, winding through the heart of Ottawa, its smooth, hard surface.
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February 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Canadian inventors of giant ice surfacing machines that tame the Rideau Canal into the world’s largest skating rink have lost the patent for their contraptions because email alerts warning of an unpaid fee got caught in junk mail. My chilling news on the Frosters: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
My latest scoop on the Toronto airport gold heist:
Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate because of poorly completed paperwork on stolen load of gold bars and cash…
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Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate because of poorly completed paperwork on stolen load of gold bars and cash…
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Toronto airport gold heist: Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate
Brink’s will get a small payout for their huge loss because of poorly completed paperwork on the shipment stolen from Pearson airport
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January 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My latest scoop on the Toronto airport gold heist:
Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate because of poorly completed paperwork on stolen load of gold bars and cash…
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate because of poorly completed paperwork on stolen load of gold bars and cash…
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Two suspects involved in a fatal gunfight that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead near the Canadian border stayed six nights at a Vermont hotel before the confrontation — and demanded privacy, always wearing medical face masks, according to hotel staff:
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Two suspects in fatal shootout with U.S. border agent wanted privacy while staying at nearby hotel
The suspects stayed for six nights before the highway confrontation and were rarely seen, staff at a Vermont hotel say
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January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Two suspects involved in a fatal gunfight that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead near the Canadian border stayed six nights at a Vermont hotel before the confrontation — and demanded privacy, always wearing medical face masks, according to hotel staff:
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New details on deadly gunfight between a U.S. Border Patrol agent and occupants of a car stopped on a highway south of the Canadian border names the agent killed as David (Chris) Maland and civilian who died as a German national legally in the U.S. on a valid visa:
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U.S. border patrol agent shot dead in gunfight near Canadian border identified, dead civilian was German citizen
The location of the shooting south of Quebec, and the involvement of a border agent makes a connection to Canada’s border seem likely.
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January 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
New details on deadly gunfight between a U.S. Border Patrol agent and occupants of a car stopped on a highway south of the Canadian border names the agent killed as David (Chris) Maland and civilian who died as a German national legally in the U.S. on a valid visa:
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For those of you unfamiliar with actual American history, we tried to claim Canada twice and they whipped our ass on both occasions. If this dumb squib tries it again, I am rooting for what they call a hat trick in that game they play on skates with sticks.
January 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For those of you unfamiliar with actual American history, we tried to claim Canada twice and they whipped our ass on both occasions. If this dumb squib tries it again, I am rooting for what they call a hat trick in that game they play on skates with sticks.
I failed my first test of the New Year. I just autographed some copies of my books and dated them 2024. 😞
January 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I failed my first test of the New Year. I just autographed some copies of my books and dated them 2024. 😞
So, Happy New Year. Yeah?
January 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So, Happy New Year. Yeah?
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Hot off the hard drive:
The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash.
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The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash.
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The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash
YouTube video by The Mob Reporter
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December 14, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Hot off the hard drive:
The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash.
youtu.be/-5KFknJisf4
The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash.
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Exclusive: U.S. Army deserter who was arrested at the border fled hard-fighting airborne unit to seek refugee asylum in Canada 16 years ago to avoid another deployment to Afghanistan. My story on Sgt. Chris Vassey's life on the run:
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Exclusive: Arrested U.S. Army deserter fled hard-fighting airborne unit for Canada 16 years ago
Christopher Vassey sought asylum here to avoid another tour of Afghanistan, criticizing American war tactics: “I had to make a choice.”
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December 9, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Exclusive: U.S. Army deserter who was arrested at the border fled hard-fighting airborne unit to seek refugee asylum in Canada 16 years ago to avoid another deployment to Afghanistan. My story on Sgt. Chris Vassey's life on the run:
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I give you a peek inside the fight between Air Canada and Brink's over the spectacular Toronto airport gold heist.
Brink’s flagged the shipment to the airline noting: "GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD"
Link to my latest report: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Brink’s flagged the shipment to the airline noting: "GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD"
Link to my latest report: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Inside the fight between Air Canada and Brink's over who's to blame for Toronto airport gold heist
Brink’s claims the gold and cash went missing because of woeful security by Air Canada at Pearson airport. Air Canada denies fault
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December 6, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I give you a peek inside the fight between Air Canada and Brink's over the spectacular Toronto airport gold heist.
Brink’s flagged the shipment to the airline noting: "GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD"
Link to my latest report: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Brink’s flagged the shipment to the airline noting: "GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD"
Link to my latest report: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...