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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, July 3, 2015 | 4 Mastermind in grandparent scam released from jail by Louie Rosella Metroland South Media The mastermind behind a lucrative scam, in which an Erin Mills home was used as the headquarters for a telephone fraud ring that bilked unsuspecting seniors out of millions of dollars, has been freed from prison after Ontario's top court shortened his jail sentence. Domenico Piccinini, 43, of Oakville, was sentenced to six years in jail and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine by Justice Bruce Durno in March 2013. He was given two years and three months credit for time spent in pre-sentence custody. However, the Ontario Court of Appeal varied that sentence on June 22 and gave him more than three years credit of pre-sentence custody, citing a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, which entitled Piccinini to 1.5 days for each day spent in presentence custody. "We therefore varied (Piccinini's) custodial sentence to credit him with 1,116 days of pre-sentence custody instead of 864 days. His sentence was reduced by 252 days," the appeal judges said in their ruling. "As a result of the variation, the appellant Whether you call it drywall, gypsum wallboard or sheetrock, it's all 100% recyclable to us. Documentation for LEED certification is available. Gypsum is a true closed-loop product, designed for your safety and to be infinitely recycled in to new drywall. had already passed his statutory release date, and we ordered his immediate release." Court heard Piccinini orchestrated the large-scale fraud and "was in control of the entire operation." Calling the six-month operation a "wellplanned, organized and lucrative scheme" fueled by "pure greed," Durno also sentenced Mississauga's Farid Hamdan, 26, to four-anda-half years in jail and Wyatt Trottier, also 26, to a three-year term. Each man was ordered to pay a $43,200 fine. All three men pleaded guilty to participating in a criminal organization with the intent to commit an indictable offence, fraud over $5,000 and money laundering. Court heard the organization was run out of a rental home on Wilmar Crescent, in the We therefore varied (Piccinini's) custodial sentence to credit him with 1,116 days of pre-sentence custody instead of 864 days. His sentence was reduced by 252 days. As a result of the variation, the appellant had already passed his statutory release date, and we ordered his immediate release. Ontario Court of Appeal 905-847-0520 www.nwgypsum.com Located just off the QEW at 2182 WYECROFT ROAD, OAKVILLE area of Burnhamthorpe Road and Colonial Drive. It targeted seniors across North America using a technique commonly referred to as the "Emergency Scam" or "Grandson Scam." Investigators believe the wellscripted scam bilked millions of dollars from unsuspecting seniors from Mississauga, Oakville and as far away as Florida, Texas and North Dakota. see Seniors on p.5 BULK MULCH, SOIL, SAND, COMPOST, INTERLOCK, STEPS, AGGREGATES, ARMOUR STONE, JUMBO FLAGSTONE, PIZZA OVEN, FIRE PITS AND MORE!! WE SELL ..... WE DELIVER!! 4th Line QEW 450 Wyecroft Rd., Unit 4 Get Your Rocks Off Us! landscapeelements.ca 905-337-7625 Dorval