LA Man Among 2 Found Guilty in Utah Opioid Trafficking Trial

A Los Angeles man was among two defendants found guilty in Utah of multiple federal crimes including conspiracies to distribute oxycodone and commit money laundering, officials announced May 28. Enrique Isong, 49, and Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas were convicted by a federal jury on May 20 after a two-week trial, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City. Mr. Isong and Mr. Adegboruwa used the U.S. mail and interstate commerce to commit their crimes, which generated more than $8 million in criminal proceeds, prosecutors said. According to evidence presented at trial, from October 2016 through May 2019, Mr. Adegboruwa sold more than 300,000 oxycodone pills to customers on dark web marketplaces, including Hansa, Dream Market, Wall Street Market and Alphabay — which have since been dismantled by law enforcement. Customers paid Mr. Adegboruwa with cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, which he later sold for traditional currency, evidence showed....