{"id":2410744,"date":"2025-03-06T20:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-places-former-olympian-on-most-wanted-list-10-million-reward-offered\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:33:35","slug":"fbi-places-former-olympian-on-most-wanted-list-10-million-reward-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-places-former-olympian-on-most-wanted-list-10-million-reward-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Places Former Olympian on Most Wanted List &#8211; $10 Million Reward Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-places-former-olympian-on-most-wanted-list-10-million-reward-offered%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Olympic snowboarder \u2062Ryan Wedding has been added\u2064 too \u200bthe FBI&#8217;s &#8220;Ten \u200cMost\u200b Wanted Fugitives&#8221;\u2062 list due to his alleged \u200dinvolvement\u2063 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">large-scale transnational drug trafficking operation<\/a> and multiple murders associated with it. The FBI\u200d is offering a $10 million reward for data leading to his arrest or conviction. Wedding, who \u200ccompeted in the 2002 Winter Olympics in\u2063 Salt Lake City, \u200cis accused of shipping \u200dsignificant \u200cquantities \u200cof cocaine across north America and orchestrating violent acts against rivals in the\u2064 drug trade.\u2063 His activities led to him being indicted in mid-2024, and authorities describe \u200bhim as hazardous and driven by greed. If convicted, he faces a \u200cminimum sentence \u2063of \u200blife in federal prison. The \u2062FBI urges anyone with\u200c information about\u200d his \u2064whereabouts\u2063 to contact\u2062 law enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding is now on the FBI&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ten Most Wanted Fugitives&rdquo; list.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/losangeles\/news\/former-olympian-added-to-fbis-list-of-ten-most-wanted-fugitives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the bureau&rsquo;s branch in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p>Wedding, 43, competed in Giant Slalom snowboarding during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/multiple-utah-tourists-swallowed-freak-whirlpool-california-horror-hike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Utah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FBI<\/a> has named Ryan James Wedding to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List. Wedding is wanted for his alleged involvement in a large-scale transnational drug trafficking operation and orchestrating multiple murders linked to his criminal enterprise: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VD2Z9BLu5F\">https:\/\/t.co\/VD2Z9BLu5F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jV1796iMGu\">pic.twitter.com\/jV1796iMGu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FBI (@FBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI\/status\/1897731549178552748?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Today, Wedding is wanted for allegedly running an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-lift-some-venezuelan-sanctions-if-they-pinky-promise-to-hold-free-elections\/\" title=\"Biden to ease Venezuelan sanctions if they commit to fair elections.\">international drug trafficking ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s accused of shipping hundreds of kilograms of cocaine through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-canada-retaliate-trump-activates-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a>, Colombia, Mexico, and the United States via Southern California, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Wedding also allegedly orchestrated multiple murders and attempted murders in relation to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-joe-biden-to-strip-colombian-farc-communists-of-terrorist-designation\/\" title=\"Report: Joe Biden to Strip Colombian FARC Communists of Terrorist Designation\">drug trafficking operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wedding went from shredding powder on the slopes at the Olympics to distributing powder cocaine on the streets of U.S. cities and in his native Canada,&rdquo; Akil Davis, the assistant director of the FBI&rsquo;s Los Angeles Field Office, said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The alleged murders of his competitors make Wedding a very dangerous man, and his addition to the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/topten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten Most Wanted Fugitives<\/a>, coupled with a major reward offer by the State Department, will make the public our partner so that we can catch up with him before he puts anyone else in danger,&rdquo; Davis said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FBI adds former Olympian snowboarder and Canadian national, Ryan Wedding, to Ten Most Wanted fugitives list. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateINL?\">@StateINL<\/a> offers $10 Million for capture. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBILosAngeles?\">@FBILosAngeles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAO_LosAngeles?\">@USAO_LosAngeles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAPDHQ?\">@LAPDHQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rcmpgrcpolice?\">@rcmpgrcpolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEAHQ?\">@DEAHQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fugitives?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fugitives<\/a> more at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXXbjAYc5n\">https:\/\/t.co\/qXXbjAYc5n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hvQ8XCM9R6\">pic.twitter.com\/hvQ8XCM9R6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DEALosAngeles (@DEALOSANGELES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEALOSANGELES\/status\/1897769468966637576?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In June 2024, the Central District of California indicted Wedding and his second-in-command, fellow Canadian Andrew Clark, for numerous alleged crimes related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrat-mayor-arrested-drug-trafficking-gun-running-ring-prostitution-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug trafficking<\/a> and murder.<\/p>\n<p>A superseding indictment from an L.A. grand jury followed in September 2024, which charged Wedding and Clark for attempted murder, among other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As alleged in the superseding indictment, defendant Ryan Wedding&mdash;a former Olympian&mdash;led a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-perry-designate-ccp-a-transnational-criminal-organization\/\" title=\"Rep. Perry: Designate CCP a Transnational Criminal Organization\">transnational criminal organization<\/a> that murdered innocent people and put thousands of kilograms of narcotics on our streets,&rdquo; Acting United States Attorney Joseph T. McNally said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reward offered today will help bring this defendant to justice in the United States. We urge anyone with information about Wedding to contact law enforcement and help us get Mr. Wedding into custody,&rdquo; McNally added.<\/p>\n<p>Wedding&rsquo;s aliases reportedly include &ldquo;El Jefe,&rdquo; &ldquo;Giant,&rdquo; &ldquo;Public Enemy,&rdquo; &ldquo;James Conrad King,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Jesse King.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The former Canadian snowboarder unleashed an avalanche of death and destruction, here and abroad,&rdquo; Matthew Allen, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration&rsquo;s Los Angeles Field Division, commented.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He earned the name &lsquo;El Jefe,&rsquo; becoming boss of a violent transnational drug trafficking organization. Now, his face will be on &lsquo;The Top 10 Most Wanted&rsquo; posters. He&rsquo;s unremitting, callous and greed-driven. Today&rsquo;s announcement beams an even brighter searchlight on him. We ask that you help us find him,&rdquo; Allen said.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Wedding and Clark face a minimum penalty of life in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-lays-law-spoiled-protesters-agitators-will-imprisoned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal prison<\/a>, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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