A Nigerian-American, Oluwole Adegboruwa, alongside accomplice Enrique Isong, has been sentenced to a combined 40 years in prison for orchestrating the sale and distribution of banned drugs via the dark web across multiple US states.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah revealed on Thursday that Adegboruwa, 54, was ordered to forfeit $20 million alongside his 30-year sentence. His co-defendant, Isong, 49, received a 10-year sentence in October 2024.
Adegboruwa led a network of drug traffickers, instructing members on packaging and distributing oxycodone pills purchased by customers from his dark web marketplace. Between October 2016 and May 2019, the syndicate sold over 300,000 oxycodone pills, amassing $9 million in profits.
Court documents disclosed that Adegboruwa supervised the entire operation, controlling dark web sales, cryptocurrency accounts, and the conversion of illicit earnings into local currency.
DEA Special Agent Jonathan Pullen stated, “Adegboruwa’s criminal drug enterprise was complex and sophisticated, but this sentencing demonstrates that drug traffickers cannot evade justice, even in the hidden expanses of the dark web.”
The court also imposed lifetime supervised release on Adegboruwa, underscoring the gravity of his crimes.