FBI offers $50,000 reward for Goldy Brar

The FBI announced a reward of up to $50,000 on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, for information leading to the arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, a key figure in the Lawrence Bishnoi organized crime group. The announcement followed a series of indictments unsealed this week as part of a coordinated U.S.-Canada law enforcement action, Operation Hard Ball, which charges dozens of individuals with transnational crimes including murder, extortion, and drug trafficking.

Federal prosecutors allege that Singh, 32, is the North American leader of the Bishnoi enterprise and was charged alongside the group's jailed founder, Lawrence Bishnoi, with orchestrating the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023. A federal arrest warrant for Singh was issued on July 1, 2026, charging him with racketeering conspiracy, extortion conspiracy, and drug-trafficking conspiracy. Authorities describe him as armed and dangerous, with ties to California, Canada, India, and Mexico.

The charges mark a significant escalation in a long-running international investigation. Canadian authorities first publicly identified the Bishnoi gang's...