Fugitive Olympic Snowboarder Indicted on Murder, Drug Charges

Nov. 19, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

A Canadian former Olympian accused by the FBI of running one of the world’s largest cocaine networks now has a $15 million bounty on his head.

Federal officials said Ryan James Wedding, once a snowboarder at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, built a billion-dollar drug enterprise with Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and ordered the murder of a witness in Colombia.

Wedding, 43, has been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list since March. On Wednesday, the State Department increased the reward for his capture to $15 million from $10 million. The US government also offered $2 million for ...

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