PANews reported on March 7 that according to Decrypt, the US authorities have offered a $10 million reward for the capture of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. Wedding is accused of running a transnational cocaine empire. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Thursday that it has included the Canadian on the list of the top ten most wanted criminals in order to bring him to justice as soon as possible.

In October 2024, the Department of Justice filed a criminal complaint against Wedding and 15 other defendants, accusing them of leading the group and committing multiple atrocities in the drug trafficking process. U.S. authorities claim that Wedding is suspected of using his criminal organization to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl into North America and planning multiple murders to protect his business. Wedding is allegedly suspected of using USDT to launder money and bypass the traditional banking system.