American authorities have beaten a premium of $ 10 million for the conquest of Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, which is confronted with serious accusations of running a transnational cocaine rich.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced On Thursday, the Canadian is now being added to the ten most searched fighter list in a desperate bid to catch him earlier.
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the US Department of Foreign Affairs has offered a reward of $ 10 million under the “Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP)”, for all information that leads to the wedding prison, according to them rack.
“Wedding went from fragmenting powder on the slopes on the Olympic Games to the distribution of powder cocaine in the streets of American cities and in his native Canada,” said Akil Davis, assistant director of the FBI field office of the FBI.
In October 2024, the Doj Entered criminal prosecution Against wedding and 15 other defendants, accusing them of leading the syndicate and committing several atrocities as part of their human trafficking.
American authorities claim that wedding would have used its criminal organization to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl to North America and at the same time orchestrate countless murders to protect his business.
The former Olympian is reportedly used Tether (USDT)The largest stablecoin through market capitalization, to wash money white and to bypass traditional banking systems.
A Tether spokesperson did not return immediately Decrypts Request for comments.
Together with his fellow sampleer Andrew Clark, Wedding would have ordered the murders of those who stood in the way, including a family oriented in Ontario, Canada, in 2023.
Clark, who was arrested in Mexico, is confronted with charges, but according to the authorities, the marriage remains on the run that it is believed to be hidden in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa cartel.
If convicted, he and Clark are confronted with a mandatory minimum fine of life in the federal prison for their role in running a continuous criminal company.
The murder and attempt at murder attacks have mandatory minimum penalties of 20 years, while the charges for drug trafficking can lead to prison sentences of 10 to 15 years.
Apart from the reward of $ 10 million from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the premium also includes the previously announced $ 50,000 reward of the FBI for tips that lead directly to the inclusion of the wedding.
The FBI investigation into the wedding operation offers ammunition for those who say that crypto is increasingly being used in International and domestic crime.
A report from November unveiled Mexican drug cartels, including Sinaloa, rely on chain to quickly move illegal funds across borders.
This crypto, known for its stability and convenience of transfer, has become a favorite tool for money laundering and illegal transactions.
The US government has seized millions of dollars in USDT linked to cocaine trade, with extra studies that show that cartels use the currency to hide their yield.
Published by Sebastian Sinclair
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