the Lower Mainland, Croitoru continued to use his Johnny K-9 pseudonym as his name. Jonathan Barber was a young man who vaguely resembled Jonathan Bacon, one of the three Bacon brothers warring against the United Nations gang. On May 9, 2008, Barber—whose job was to install audio systems inside automobiles—was driving a Porsche Cayenne SUV owned by Bacon from Bacon's house in Abbotsford to his shop in Vancouver along the Kingsway highway when his vehicle was ambushed and shot up. The police allege that there was a group of United Nations members consisting of Croitoru, Dan Russell, Dilun Heng, Yong Lee, Barzan Tilli-Choli, and Karwan Saed who were also driving down the Kingsway and opened fire on Barber in the mistaken belief that he was Bacon. Barber's girlfriend, Vicky King, who was driving his car behind the SUV, was also injured, but she survived while he was killed. On May 15, 2009, Croitoru was arrested, along with seven other members of the United Nations gang. They were charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly plotting to kill the Bacon Brothers and other members of the Red Scorpions gang. Charged alongside Croitoru on charges of conspiracy to commit murder were United Nations leader Barzan Tilli-Choli (aged 26), Daniel Russell (aged 27), Karwan Saed (aged 32), Soroush Ansari (aged 28) Dilun Heng (aged 25), Young Sung (aged 27), and Aram Ali (aged 23); Croitoru at the age of 45 stood out in the group. On January 24, 2011, Croitoru was charged with first degree murder in connection with the execution of Jonathan Barber and the attempted murder of Barber's girlfriend Vicky King, then 17, in Burnaby on May 9, 2008. In July 2013, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, and the murder charges were stayed. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison, which was reduced to four years and eight months after factoring in time served. Last years In January 2015, he applied for parole, stating that he had agreed to help with the murders to impress members of the United Nations gang, but that he did not intend to kill anyone. The application was denied. The parole board in its report stated that he was "a man that engaged in a criminal lifestyle for over 20 years" with a "long history of negative associates and organized criminal activity that included violence was extremely concerning." The report concluded: