Oluwole Adegboruwa, a Nigerian based in the US, and his accomplice Enrique Isong have been sentenced to 40 years in prison combined for running a drug trafficking operation via the dark web, distributing banned substances across multiple US states.
According to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, Adegboruwa was also ordered to forfeit $20 million. Adegboruwa led a group that sold drugs obtained from a dark web marketplace, overseeing packaging and distribution. Between October 2016 and May 2019, they sold 300,000 oxycodone pills and earned $9 million from the illegal operation.
While Isong received a 10-year sentence in October, Adegboruwa was sentenced to 30 years in November 2024.
The statement further revealed that Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, masterminded a multi-million-dollar drug operation, convicted of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and money laundering. He also faces lifetime supervised release. The trial found that Adegboruwa controlled drug sales and payments in cryptocurrency, laundering proceeds into local currency.
At trial, Adegboruwa admitted managing the drug sales and the cryptocurrency accounts that funneled profits. His criminal network included members tasked with procuring, packaging, and shipping drugs.
DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent Jonathan Pullen emphasized that Adegboruwa’s enterprise used sophisticated methods to conceal profits, including cryptocurrency. Pullen warned that drug traffickers would have no hiding place.
