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A erstwhile Olympic jock is connected the FBI's most-wanted database aft having antecedently been convicted for cause trafficking.
Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding competed astatine the 2002 Winter Olympics successful the men's parallel elephantine slalom lawsuit arsenic a 21-year-old.
Wedding finished successful 24th spot retired of 32 competitors, but managed to spot up of aboriginal Olympic metallic medalist Simon Schoch.
However, Wedding's fortunes would instrumentality a melodramatic crook aft a vocation connected the slopes failed to afloat materialise.
In 2010, helium was convicted of cause trafficking aft attempting to bargain cocaine from a US authorities cause successful 2008 and was sentenced to 4 years successful prison.
In 2024, Wedding - who besides goes by the aliases of James Conrad King, and Jesse King - was charged by the US Department of Justice for starring a radical that engaged successful 'cocaine trafficking and murder, including of guiltless civilians'.
Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding competed astatine the 2002 Winter Olympics successful the men's parallel elephantine slalom lawsuit arsenic a 21-year-old
In 2010, helium was convicted of cause trafficking aft attempting to bargain cocaine from a US authorities cause successful 2008 and was sentenced to 4 years successful prison
In 2024, Wedding was charged by the US Department of Justice for starring a radical that engaged successful 'cocaine trafficking and murder, including of guiltless civilians'
Wedding is described by the FBI arsenic being 6ft3 successful height, with bluish eyes, a beard and/or a moustache and weighing astir 240lbs (108kg).
The erstwhile Olympian is said to besides spell by the monikers of 'Giant,' 'Public Enemy,' and 'El Jefe'.
The FBI is offering a $10million reward for accusation starring to Wedding's apprehension and/or conviction, with the organisation having placed him connected its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
He is alleged to person been portion of an cognition that saw hundreds of kilograms of cocaine transported from Colombia, done Mexico and confederate California, and into Canada.
Los Angeles constabulary said Wedding's cognition besides moved 'five metric tonnes of fentanyl per month' to cities crossed the United States and Canada.
Wedding and his alleged co-conspirator Andrew Clark are besides accused of hiring hitmen to execution individuals the brace believed to beryllium a hindrance to their operation.
This included a antheral who was murdered portion sitting successful his car successful the driveway of his location - who constabulary said had cause debts.
Wedding is described by the FBI arsenic being 6ft3 successful height, with bluish eyes, a beard and/or a moustache and weighing astir 240lbs (108kg)
The FBI is offering a $10million reward for accusation starring to Wedding's apprehension and/or conviction
If convicted, Wedding and Clark would look a mandatory minimum punishment of beingness successful national situation connected their respective continuing transgression endeavor charge.
The execution and attempted execution charges transportation a mandatory minimum punishment of 20 years successful national prison.
The cause trafficking charges transportation mandatory minimum penalties of 10 to 15 years successful prison.
Anyone with accusation arsenic to Wedding's whereabouts to interaction the FBI via WhatsApp, Signal oregon Telegram astatine +1-424 495-0614.
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