- A US-based Nigerian, Oluwole Adegboruwa, and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, have been sentenced to a combined 40 years in prison for coordinating the sales and distribution of banned drugs through the dark web.
- Adegboruwa was sentenced to 30 years in prison, while Isong received a 10-year sentence.
- The duo made approximately $9 million from the illegal drug trade, selling over 300,000 oxycodone pills between October 2016 and May 2019.
A US-based Nigerian, Oluwole Adegboruwa, and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, have been sentenced to a combined 40 years in prison for coordinating the sales and distribution of banned drugs through the dark web. Adegboruwa, the mastermind behind the operation, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, while Isong received a 10-year sentence.
The duo made approximately $9 million from the illegal drug trade, selling over 300,000 oxycodone pills between October 2016 and May 2019. Adegboruwa controlled the sales of illicit drugs and accepted payments through cryptocurrency before converting them to local currency.
The US District Court also ordered Adegboruwa to forfeit $20 million, one of the largest forfeitures in the history of the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah. The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge, Jonathan Pullen, noted that Adegboruwa concealed profits from his criminal proceeds in cryptocurrency transactions, emphasizing that the DEA would ensure that drug traffickers do not have a hiding place.
