San Joaquin County Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for His Role in Murder-for-Hire Plot

August 17, 2025 – SACRAMENTO, CA – Jagninder Singh Boparai, 49, of Manteca, was sentenced on Thursday

by U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta to nine years in prison for conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

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“This defendant met on five separate occasions with a person he thought to be a hitman and provided payments for the services he desired in order to ‘teach a lesson’ to two of his enemies,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Grant. “Fortunately, there was no hitman, and today’s sentence teaches a lesson that the U.S. Attorney’s Office will use all its tools to bring to justice those who endanger the safety of the public.”…

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