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A US court has found a Nigerian US-based man, Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54 and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, 49, guilty of masterminding a multi-million dollar dark web drug trafficking operation, and has sentenced them to a combined 40 years in jail term.

This was revealed in a statement on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Utah.

While Adegboruwa was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment, he was also ordered supervised release for life and the forfeiture of over $20 million.

The $20 million forfeiture is among the largest forfeitures holding a defendant financially able for his crimes in the history of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.

The sentence comes after a jury found Adegboruwa and his co-defendant Isong, guilty in May 2024 of multiple federal crimes, including conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and money laundering.

On October 23, 2024, Isong was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.

According to court documents, evidence presented at trial, and statements made at Adegboruwa’s sentencing hearing, from October 2016 through May 2019, Adegboruwa, sold more than 300,000 oxycodone pills on dark web marketplaces to customers throughout the United States. 

The jury found that Adegboruwa organized and supervised a continuing criminal enterprise that earned approximately $9,112,471 in drug proceeds. 

The jury found that Adegboruwa was unquestionably in charge of the illicit narcotics operation. Each member of his enterprise served in different capacities.

Some were tasked with locating and procuring pharmacy grade pills that were then re-sold through various dark web marketplaces. Others were involved in packaging the pills and/or shipping them to customers. 

At trial, Adegboruwa itted that he controlled sales on the dark web markets and the monetary s, including the cryptocurrency s through which the enterprise received the bulk of its profits.

Adegboruwa also itted he was the one who decided to start his online dark web drug sales operation.

“Protecting the community from illicit drugs and dismantling drug trafficking operations is a priority for my office and our law enforcement partners,” said U.S. Attorney Trina A. Higgins of the District of Utah. “We will continue to prosecute and seek justice for these crimes.”

“This case further demonstrates that true anonymity on the dark web is a myth,” said U.S. Postal Inspection Services State Phoenix Division Inspector in Charge Glen Henderson. “U.S. Postal Inspectors remain steadfast in their commitment to dismantling drug trafficking operations, ensuring the safety of USPS customers and employees alike.”

The $20 million forfeiture is among the largest forfeitures holding a defendant financially able for his crimes in the history of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.

The sentence comes after a jury found Adegboruwa and his co-defendant Isong, guilty in May 2024 of multiple federal crimes, including conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and money laundering.

On October 23, 2024, Isong was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.

According to court documents, evidence presented at trial, and statements made at Adegboruwa’s sentencing hearing, from October 2016 through May 2019, Adegboruwa, sold more than 300,000 oxycodone pills on dark web marketplaces to customers throughout the United States. 

The jury found that Adegboruwa organized and supervised a continuing criminal enterprise that earned approximately $9,112,471 in drug proceeds. 

The jury found that Adegboruwa was unquestionably in charge of the illicit narcotics operation. Each member of his enterprise served in different capacities.

Some were tasked with locating and procuring pharmacy grade pills that were then re-sold through various dark web marketplaces. Others were involved in packaging the pills and/or shipping them to customers. 

At trial, Adegboruwa itted that he controlled sales on the dark web markets and the monetary s, including the cryptocurrency s through which the enterprise received the bulk of its profits.

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Adegboruwa also itted he was the one who decided to start his online dark web drug sales operation.

“Protecting the community from illicit drugs and dismantling drug trafficking operations is a priority for my office and our law enforcement partners,” said U.S. Attorney Trina A. Higgins of the District of Utah. “We will continue to prosecute and seek justice for these crimes.”

“This case further demonstrates that true anonymity on the dark web is a myth,” said U.S. Postal Inspection Services State Phoenix Division Inspector in Charge Glen Henderson. “U.S. Postal Inspectors remain steadfast in their commitment to dismantling drug trafficking operations, ensuring the safety of USPS customers and employees alike.”

“Adegboruwa’s criminal drug enterprise was complex, sophisticated, and generated millions of dollars in profits concealed in cryptocurrency transactions. This sentencing is a stark reminder that the DEA is relentless in the pursuit of justice, and that drug traffickers cannot hide their illicit activities even in the secretive expanses of the dark web,” said DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen.

“Money laundering continues to be a top investigative priority for IRS-CI,” said Special Agent in Charge Carissa Messick for IRS Criminal Investigation’s Phoenix Field Office. “The forfeiture amount in this case alone highlights the magnitude of the investigation conducted by IRS-CI special agents, its impact on our community, and IRS-CI’s relentless commitment to uncovering illegal schemes by following the money.” 

The case was investigated tly by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Drug Enforcement istration (DEA), and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

Assistant United States Attorneys Thaddeus J. May, Jennifer E. Gully, and Stewart M. Young of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah prosecuted the case.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/12/us-based-nigerian-accomplice-bag-40-years-jail-term-for-drug-trafficking/amp/

40 years in jail for another drug trafficking mule

The yoruba guy will be released at 84 yrs then deported to his ancestors

kettykings:
Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54

This is the only way that Oluwole can compete with Emeka Singapore.

Reminds me of a story.
He will forfeit some of the proceeds,plead guilty and get reduced sentencing and after a while, come back to politics. He will then sponsor a pro democracy group and then after a while he will become the beacon of building an already thriving city in his country and soon after start sponsoring governors and president and will eventually become a president himself

🙆🏽‍♀️

😂 where is the link, source to the news

Drug offender of that magnitude can only be Igbo

Like Tinubu like Adegboruwa
At this rate, when Oduduwa republic comes alive, they'll be isolated because no one will want to deal with drug dealers, love scam masters, ritualists, skull miners, human body parts sellers etc. The Oduduwa republic port will be the worst ever. Not even Burundi will want to give them a visa because they're a baggage of crime.
Cc. LegendHero

Nlfpmod why is this not front page worthy? What is good for the goose is good for the gander

Funny thing is the predictability. It seems the Yorubas control the criminal base in North America, the Igbos control the criminal base in Asia, and the Northerners control the homefront. All of you should repent na, abeg.

Crime don’t pay

Jesus Christ is the only way Truth and the Life

This is sad
Let this be a warning: crime never pays. Spending a lifetime hustling illegally, only to end up in prison in your golden years, is a tragic fate. To aspiring drug dealers seeking easy wealth, take heed: illegal activities will ultimately lead to devastating consequences. This message serves as a cautionary tale, especially to those 'yahoo boys' who think they're above the law.

astonished:
😂 where is the link, source to the news

Drug offender of that magnitude can only be Igbo

I know this guy and I know his story.

This is not hard drugs like heroine and cocaine, this are medications that were sold over the internet but that were being abused by some buyers.
Such as oxycodone and others.

Yellowbar and crime nah like bread and butter

Omoluabi no dey do drugs!

Omoluabi no dey do fake medications, beverage, foods, etc!

Omoluabi no dey do steal!

Omoluabi no dey do corruption!

Omoluabi is different from Odaran omo!

How many foreigners are in Nigerian prisons
Lol

EndBuhariNow:
Yellowbar and crime nah like bread and butter

He was not selling cocaine like your brothers that are on death row in SE Asia.
He was selling pharmaceutical drugs over the internet. These drugs are now widely being abused by young Americans hence the reason for the harsh penalty.
More importantly, he went to trial instead of taking a plea. He could have gotten like 5 years but he chose to go to trial because he thought he will win.

Naija my country

michlins:
Reminds me of a story.
He will forfeit some of the proceeds,plead guilty and get reduced sentencing and after a while, come back to politics. He will then sponsor a pro democracy group and then after a while he will become the beacon of building an already thriving city in his country and soon after start sponsoring governors and president and will eventually become a president himself

😀

Gj

Most were stashed at Cryptocurrency using dsrkweb

Time to bomb has come.
I must cash out. See update

Dittodat:

He was not selling cocaine like your brothers that are on death row in SE Asia.
He was selling pharmaceutical drugs over the internet. These drugs are now widely being abused by young Americans hence the reason for the harsh penalty.
More importantly, he went to trial instead of taking a plea. He could have gotten like 5 years but he chose to go to trial because he thought he will win.

Why was the "pharmacist" ( as you try so hard to paint him) selling his "legal" drugs on the dark web not on the public web / internet (as you claim) if he didn't have devious intentions.

Most of you guys are smart by a quarter. Panadol, Ampiclox, Cocaine, Heroin, Nicotine, Opiods are all chemicals, the law is the determinant of which of these chemicals is legal for production and distribution. Illegally distributing a drug that is legal to produce still contravenes the law.

Your tribesman was clearly distributing drugs that should only be issued on prescription by a medically licensed professional or doctor, yet as a typical dirty Nigerian, you are here twisting your mouth in shameless bigotry. I spit on you guys.

Igbos are tarnishing Nigeria's image with hard drugs business

Image123:
Funny thing is the predictability. It seems the Yorubas control the criminal base in North America, the Igbos control the criminal base in Asia, and the Northerners control the homefront. All of you should repent na, abeg.

lol

EndBuhariNow:
Yellowbar and crime nah like bread and butter

See your criminal brothers 👇 below 👇
https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/8298018/two-nigerians-arrested-drug-trafficking