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How Ryan Wedding is using cryptocurrency to launder the profits of his alleged multi-billion-dollar drug empire

As the search continues for Ryan Wedding, the Canadian former Olympian accused of running an international drug empire, new details are revealing how prosecutors believe he has been keeping his profits off the books.

In a 54-page indictment unsealed last week, the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Wedding is still conducting his alleged criminal enterprise while on the run from authorities and using cryptocurrency to launder the profits—which total more than US$1 billion a year.

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