Wife’s chilling warning to Sydney’s ‘Tony Soprano’ borne out in blood

Sydney Mr Big Alen Moradian was dubbed the ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade by none other than his wife in a chilling warning that today was borne out in blood.

Sydney Mr Big Alen Moradian was dubbed the ‘Tony Soprano’ of Australia’s cocaine trade by none other than his wife in a chilling warning that today was borne out in blood.

The warning came after Moradian had decked out his Pennant Hills home with a cache of designer items and big boy’s toys and buying luxury cars and motorcycles.

An email sent to Moradian by his wife Natasha, which had been tendered to a court hearing, reveals she said to him “why do you just sit there and show off ... do you see Tony Soprano doing that? He points it all off on a junior for a reason - to take the heat away from him.

“You, on the other hand, want the attention, you get a big head, you love it. People like that won’t survive,” the email read.

Alen Moradian was dubbed the Tony Soprano of Australia’s cocaine trade.

Character Tony Soparano in the hit TV show.

Ambush... the scene in Bondi Junction after Moradian’s shooting. Picture: Richard Dobson

Aftermath... A burnt out car believed to be connected to the shooting. Picture: Jeremy Piper

On Tuesday morning in Bondi Junction, Natasha’s words were about to become chillingly prescient.

Moradian died in the front seat of his car after two men ambushed him and opened fire in Spring Street.

Moradian was considered one of the ‘Mr Bigs’ of the Sydney underworld with links to the Comanchero bikies gang.

Inside Moradian’s opulent Pennant Hills home nicknamed the ‘Versace Palace’.

Slain drug kingpin Alen Moradian’s kitchen.

In 2010 he pleaded guilty to importing a large commercial quantity of cocaine to Australia and then supplying it and was sentenced a year later to a maximum of 16 years and nine months behind bars.

Sydney’s District Court was told that Moradian had acknowledged importing 40kg from the US, despite the Crown alleging the total amount was closer to 200kg.

Judge Andrew Haesler said in his decision that Moradian’s crimes were motivated by “personal profit and greed”.

The Pennant Hills home owned by drug kingpin Alen Moradian.

The Pennant Hills home owned by drug kingpin

Alen Moradian who was shot dead today.

The the 37-year-old was sentenced to a non-parole period of 10 years, but given he had been in custody since July 2007, he was eligible for release on Christmas Eve 2017.

The total sentence handed down by Judge Haesler was 16 years and nine months, with Moradian given discounts for pleading guilty and providing some “co-operation” to police.

The court was told that Moradian organised for several weapons, including a grenade launcher and some machine guns, to be handed back to police, but Judge Haesler said he hadn’t revealed where the weapons had come from and if they had been used in any criminal activity.

Moradian also admitted to knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime to the amount of $1.6 million, part of which was spent on his and Natasha’s wedding in 2007, Judge Haesler said.