Deepak Paradkar allegedly advised Ryan Wedding that murdering witness would lead to case dismissal
Canadian drug violation defense attorney Deepak Paradkar was arrested as part of the FBI’s sweeping crackdown on former Olympian Ryan Wedding, the FBI and DOJ announced Wednesday.
Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder for Team Canada, is still at large on multiple charges, including murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime, tampering with a witness, victim, or informant, and retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant.
Paradkar was described as Wedding’s lawyer at the press conference by U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. Essayli also claimed that Paradkar advised Wedding to have a witness killed in an attempt to have a case dismissed.
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