The first STAR story tells the tale of a true, 100% sociopath. He has no conscience, no regard for the welfare of others, and can’t help but be an unethical, immoral scumbag criminal. But this is Canada, so nothing will happen to him. He’s made millions of dollars scamming innocent victims, most of whom will get no compensation, while this Argument for the Death Penalty will be fined $200 and get a conditional sentence. Normally I reserve the title of Argument for the Death Penalty for monsters who have raped, tortured, abused or killed innocent victims. But this creep is a 100% sociopath so he cannot be changed and thus should be put out of our misery. Unfortunately, he has already spawned his evil seed and I doubt his progeny fall far from the evil tree…
Giuseppe “Joe” Sansone, shown with son Joseph Sansone Jr., is behind three waste disposal bin companies.
The second STAR story raises the question of whether this monster is a sociopath who believes in his culture/religion, or whether an absolute belief in his culture/religion turned him into a sociopath. Basically, this Argument for the Death Penalty killed his daughter in law because he thought she would shame his family by leaving his son. He also lied about her, claiming that she wanted to sleep with this despicable animal. Read the COMMENTS section for each story.
Kamikar Dhillon is shown in a 2009 court sketch. (Alex Tavshunsky for the Toronto Star)
Dumpster king’s company just a cellphone and website — Customers rack up bogus charges (Dale Brazao Staff Reporter)
Toronto’s self-proclaimed dumpster rental king runs a sham company that is little more than a cellphone and website used to plunder homeowners’ credit cards with bogus charges.
When creditors come looking for Giuseppe “Joe” Sansone, they end up at the doors of his 22-year-old girlfriend or his estranged wife — people he uses in a scheme that starts when homeowners call 310-BINS or partner company Lowes Disposal.
Sansone also leads customers to believe his company is affiliated with Home Depot or Lowe’s Home Improvement to lend an air of credibility. Home Depot has demanded he stop and the real Lowe’s believes he may be infringing on the company trademark.
Jocelyn Bigras had a bathroom renovation and ordered a bin from 310-Bins, expecting to pay about $400. She found her credit card charged twice for the same bin, and then a mysterious $500 charge for someone’s Rogers cellphone bill the next day. Rogers won’t say whose bill was paid by Bigras, but says the Ottawa woman was a victim of fraud, it is investigating and has apologized.
“I was very upset that this happened,” said Bigras, who had to get a new credit card and eventually convinced VISA to reverse all the charges. “It was time-consuming and frustrating.”
A 75-year-old Cabbagetown woman found $760 in unauthorized charges after four bins were ordered from a Sansone company. When the woman’s nephew complained, a second $760 charge went on the VISA.
“He gets your credit card and he sucks you dry,” nephew Tom Hutton said. His aunt, who did not want her name published, has been unable to get a refund.
Financial victims are scattered across the province. At the Better Business Bureau that covers the Greater Toronto Area, 310-BINS and its partner company, Lowes Disposal, have been given an “F” rating. Sansone failed to respond to 12 of the 16 complaints “alleging billing errors, unauthorized charges or questionable collection practices,” the bureau says.
Sansone is a 52-year-old entrepreneur who favours Lamborghinis, Porsches, Hummers and Mercedes, and wears fine suits and Versace sunglasses.
His website boasts his firm is the “premier” waste removal company in Canada that will suit all your renovation needs.
“Our trash removal employees are friendly and courteous and always arrive at your home on time in professional uniform,” company promotional material reads.
The three companies in Sansone’s mini-empire are 310-BINS, Lowes Disposal and Red Waste. In reality, the companies are virtual firms that take orders for dumpsters and subcontract to legitimate firms, taking a $50 finder’s fee. Homeowners say credit cards are then double charged (the real company’s fee and a 310-BINS fee) or hammered with mysterious charges.
Sansone told the Star he knows nothing of customers’ credit card problems.
“I have no idea at all what you’re saying about that,” he said in a telephone interview (he would not meet the Star reporter in person).
“We don’t process the credit cards, period. Whoever we dispatch our orders to, they process them automatically.”
Ownership of Sansone’s dumpster empire is murky. His estranged wife, Mariella Sansone, is listed as the sole director of 310-BINS, set up in 2004, which she told the Star she was unaware of.
His 22-year-old girlfriend, Daniela Mazzotta, was originally listed as sole proprietor of Lowes Disposal when the company was created in 2007; her signature is on cheques written by Red Waste; and collection agencies have been after her for unpaid bills related to the dumpster company.
“That’s too funny,” Mazzotta said. “I don’t even know a company called Red Waste.”
There is no evidence to suggest either woman is involved in Sansone’s schemes.
With the renovation season well underway, homeowners who want to remove building debris often call bin rental companies which drop off a container in the driveway and haul it away when filled. Most turn to the Internet in their search for a dumpster.
In the Bigras case in Ottawa, 310-Bins subcontracted to a legitimate bin company — HD Disposal, affiliated with Home Depot — which did the work and charged $461 to Bigras’ VISA. Then 310-BINS charged $550 to her card. Three days later, Bigras found the unexplained $500 charge on her card from Rogers Communications.
Scott Corbett, president of the firm that owns HD Disposal, said he will no longer deal with Sansone, who he claims owes him $35,000, money he doubts he will ever collect.
His original arrangement was that he would pay Sansone a $50 finder’s fee for each bin referral. Sansone would turn over the client’s credit card information for billing.
“My truck, my driver, my gas,” said Corbett. “He’s supposed to turn over the cards to us for billing. But then he billed the customer and kept the money.”
During the Star’s attempts to interview Sansone, he went from joking (he said his real name was “Fonzie”) to aggressive. He denied being involved in overcharging customer credit cards, then got angry.
“Now I’m getting f—ing pissed,” Sansone screamed into the phone. “If you want to find out things, go. You talked to 12 f—ing people so far. Keep on talking and write the truth.”
In one brief interview, Sansone denied ownership of 310-BINS, but said: “I’m one of the main guys working here.”
In an interview with a Chicago business magazine, Sansone’s son, Joseph Sansone Jr., said his father launched 310-Bins after 14 years in the limousine business because he saw trash removal as a “booming industry.” Sansone Jr. is listed as a director of Lowes Disposal.
The magazine was told that contributing to 310’s success was 24/7 phone access, a fleet of trucks equipped with GPS, drivers in full uniform, and on-time deliveries and pickups. “We have a 100 per cent satisfaction rate,” Sansone Jr. told the magazine.
Some customers who have taken Sansone to court have obtained default judgments. Collecting any money is another matter.
“I haven’t been able to get a dime out of him,” said Bradley Harper, a Toronto Hydro supervisor who’s pursued Sansone in small claims court since 2007.
Sansone took a $750 deposit for bin services that ended up costing only $300, and then refused to refund the rest of the deposit. Harper said he was “bullied” out the door when he went to what he believed was the company’s headquarters on Keele St. near Major Mackenzie Dr. to serve Sansone with court documents.
“It was just a nightmare because nobody wanted to accept the subpoena. So I tapped the secretary with it and said, ‘Consider yourself served,’ ” said Harper, who is trying to get Sansone into court to garnish his wages.
Harper ordered the dumpster for his basement renovation because 310 claimed in ads that it was the “licensed provider for the Home Depot.”
Sansone lives in a luxury penthouse suite in the Terminal Building on Toronto’s waterfront, and in the past few month has been seen driving a red Audi A5, a white BMW X3 and a black Cadillac Escalade. His well-heeled neighbours have complained to management about him parking in their spots.
Court documents obtained by the Star show Landmark Vehicle Leasing suing Sansone for more than $60,000 after repossessing four luxury vehicles — a Porsche, a Hummer and two Mercedes-Benz — for defaulting on the leases.
A Lamborghini was also seized and later sold at auction.
Yellow Pages is seeking $69,579.94 for unpaid Internet advertising from Red Waste Ltd. Q Ponz Inc. is seeking $10,000 for flyers advertising 310-Bins. BFI Canada Inc, a waste management company, is after 310 for $10,000.
Even Money Mart is trying to collect $990 for an NSF cheque Sansone cashed at one of its outlets.
Mark Bottaro, legal manager for Collection Group of Canada, says the company has closed several files and stopped pursuing thousands in debts after failing to find Sansone. The company employs a process server who is “very good at finding the needle in the haystack,” Bottaro said, but he couldn’t find Sansone.
“He’s judgment proof,” says Bottaro. “We’ve advised our clients to not waste any more money.”
The Star found Sansone at the Terminal Building. His landlord has twice taken him to the Landlord and Tenant Board after he’s fallen three months behind on his $2,500 monthly rent. Each time Sansone showed up with a certified cheque and avoided eviction. He is behind in his rent again, the landlord says.
Man killed daughter-in-law to avoid family disgrace — ‘He ruined our family,’ victim’s sister says (Bob Mitchell Staff Reporter)
Kamikar Singh Dhillon believed he “did the right thing” when he murdered his daughter-in-law in a frenzied knife attack.
He told a Brampton court Friday that he had to kill Amandeep Kaur Dhillon, 22, so she wouldn’t disgrace his family.
Dhillon, 48, admitted he had intentionally stabbed her multiple times because he believed she was having an affair with another man and was about to leave her husband.
Wedded in an arranged marriage in India in 2005, the couple had an 18-month old son, who lived in India with relatives while they earned enough money to support their child in Canada.
Justice Bruce Durno imposed an automatic life prison sentence after Dhillon pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
The dead woman’s younger sister reacted angrily to Dhillon’s claims about her sibling.
“That man should be put away for life. . . . He ruined our family,” said Pawandeep Benipal, who is married and lives in Brampton.
“He’s lying . . . my sister wasn’t having an affair with anyone. He never let her live happily and is now saying all this about someone who is dead,” she added.
But with Dhillon pleading guilty, Benipal admits the anguish her family has gone through in the past 18 months will somewhat end. “We’ll never forget what happened but we can put this behind us. In a way, it’s the end. It’s a relief.”
Benipal’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law were present in the court when Dhillon pleaded guilty.
Benipal, who wasn’t at the court on Friday because she is pregnant and expected to deliver soon, said she wants to be in court on June 9 when Durno will impose his parole ineligibility of between 10 to 25 years after hearing victim-impact statements.
In the attack on Jan. 1, 2009, Amandeep was stabbed multiple times about her head and upper body, including wounds on her face and a slash across her throat.
“I’m just sorry,” Dhillon told the court through a Punjabi interpreter. “I’m guilty.”
Dhillon admitted he murdered his daughter-in-law because he believed she was about to leave his son for another man the next day, Crown prosecutor Steve Sherriff said in an agreed statement of fact read into court.
“He maintained throughout all of his interviews that her pending separation from her husband would disgrace the family name, which justified his killing her,” Sherriff said.
Peel homicide investigators found no evidence to confirm any alleged sexual relationship between the deceased woman and another man, court heard.
Dhillon also told police that his daughter-in-law had offered to have sex with him but he turned her down, Sherriff said. Police found no evidence to support this assertion either.
“The defendant repeatedly told the police during the same videotaped interview that under these circumstances, he had done the right thing by killing the deceased,” Sherriff said. “The police interviewer strategically suggested that the media and community should be made aware of what he had done and that it was the right thing to do.”
“The defendant agreed. . . . He wanted the police to tell the media that he was justified in killing the deceased (because) of the imminent disgrace to his family name.”
The body of the young woman was found in a washroom in the basement of the family’s Airport Foods convenience store on Airport Rd. in Mississauga. She was fully clothed.
The convicted man was also found inside the store with serious neck wounds.
A few days later, he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after investigators determined he had stabbed himself three times in a bid to throw police off the trail.
He initially told police at the scene that his daughter-in-law had been kidnapped by five masked men armed with knives and guns during a robbery. He claimed he was also attacked and stabbed.
Investigators believed he had tried to take his own life and he later admitted to police that he had attempted suicide.
Sherriff said Dhillon admitted hiding the bloody knife inside a cardboard box in the basement and told them where they could find it. Police, however, did not tell him they had already found the murder weapon.
Dhillon initially told police that his daughter-in-law had grabbed the knife and stabbed him once as she fought for her life. He became enraged and stabbed her until he was satisfied she was dead.
But he now admits she never stabbed him and that all his wounds were self-inflicted.
He said he locked the front and rear doors of the store and attacked her while she was getting a mop from the bathroom for cleaning.
His initial plan was to kill her in their home but he feared it would be difficult to avoid being arrested.
Police quickly became suspicious. There was money in the cash register. The deceased woman’s purse also contained a significant amount of cash.
A security camera revealed nobody entered the store during the relevant time. His daughter-in-law’s blood was on his shirt.
Dhillon admitted he acted alone and that his son wasn’t aware of his intentions.
Amandeep’s family in India continues to raise her son, Manmohan Singh, now 3.
At the time of her death, relatives said she had been trying to sponsor her parents and two sisters to come to Canada and was counting the days until being reunited with her child.
Amandeep immigrated to Canada in 2005 after her marriage to Gurvinder.
Dhillon, a landed immigrant, was separated at the time of the killing from his wife, who lived in India.