His father, a diplomat, helped him buy his first condo in Mississauga, Ont.
His brother later helped him purchase a house in Hamilton and invest in several legitimate businesses.
But a judge considered his race while sentencing Samir Abdelgadir for helping to kidnap a 14-year-old Black boy for 36 hours in order to recoup 90 kilograms of cocaine stolen by the boy’s half-brother.
