US authorities are offering a $10 million bounty for information leading to the capture of Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder.
According to a March 6 announcement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Wedding is accused of running a large drug trafficking operation, moving cocaine and fentanyl into North America, and using USDT
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to launder money.
The FBI has also placed him on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, adding a $50,000 reward for tips that directly lead to his arrest.
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In October 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Wedding and 15 others with drug trafficking and violent crimes. His alleged partner, Andrew Clark, has been arrested in Mexico, but Wedding remains a fugitive. Authorities believe he is still in Mexico and may be under the protection of the Sinaloa cartel.
If convicted, Wedding and Clark could face a mandatory life sentence for running a criminal enterprise. The murder charges carry a minimum of 20 years, while drug trafficking convictions could result in 10 to 15 years in prison.
Akil Davis, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said:
Wedding went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets of US cities and in his native Canada.
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