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FBI’s Most Wanted: $10 Million Bounty on Ex-Olympian Turned Drug Kingpin
Last Updated: March 07, 2025
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Key Takeaways
- The FBI is offering a $10 million bounty on ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding, accused of drug trafficking and laundering money with USDT;
- Wedding allegedly ran a cocaine and fentanyl operation in North America and may be hiding in Mexico under cartel protection;
- If convicted, Wedding and his partner face life in prison for running a criminal enterprise, plus decades for drug and murder charges.
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
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.
Recently, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) charged Brendan Gunn, the brother of Olympic breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn. Why? Read the full story.
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