According to PANews, U.S. authorities have announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. Wedding is accused of operating a large-scale international cocaine trafficking operation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has placed him on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list to expedite his arrest.
In October 2024, the Department of Justice filed criminal charges against Wedding and 15 other defendants, accusing them of leading the drug trafficking organization and committing numerous violent acts in the process. U.S. authorities allege that Wedding's organization smuggled hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl into North America and orchestrated several murders to protect their operations. Additionally, Wedding is accused of using USDT for money laundering to bypass traditional banking systems.