A Sydney lawyer with Fijian roots and reported links to the notorious Alameddine crime family has been charged over an alleged armed kidnapping and home invasion in Sydney’s western suburbs, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The newspaper reports that 27-year-old Sylvan Singh, a former solicitor at his father’s Parramatta-based Redline Legal, was arrested at his Ryde home on Tuesday.
Singh has been charged with allegedly directing a kidnapping carried out by a group armed with machetes and baseball bats at Pemulwuy last year.
According to the report, three masked men allegedly blocked a ute carrying the intended victim before forcing the man into a stolen Mercedes.
The alleged victim managed to escape when the Mercedes stopped a short time later, prompting the group to flee into nearby bushland.
Singh is also accused of orchestrating a home invasion at an Ermington property in February 2025, about two weeks after the alleged kidnapping.
Four people allegedly entered the home, stole several electronic devices and assaulted a 17-year-old boy and a 48-year-old man.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports Singh was charged at Gladesville Police Station and was due to appear before Burwood Local Court on Wednesday.
The two alleged incidents have been investigated under Strike Force Velinda, which the newspaper reports has resulted in 10 charges.
Singh was himself the victim of a separate gangland shooting in May last year.
He was travelling in a Toyota Hilux with underworld figure Dawood Zakaria when the vehicle came under attack.
Zakaria was fatally shot, while Singh survived after suffering gunshot wounds to his arm and shoulder.
According to the report, the shooting was linked to tensions surrounding the defection of a senior Alameddine member to a rival crime syndicate and led NSW Police to establish Taskforce Falcon in response to escalating gangland violence.
Several people have since been charged with Zakaria’s murder and the attempted murder of Singh.
The newspaper also reports that Singh’s practising certificate was suspended by the Council of the Law Society of NSW in September.
The allegations against Singh remain before the courts and have not been proven.
