LA Man Among 2 Found Guilty in Utah Opioid Trafficking Trial

The defendants sold oxycodone pills on dark web marketplaces. Customers paid with cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.

A U.S. Customs officer finds oxycodone pills in a parcel at John F. Kennedy Airport's U.S. Postal Service facility in New York on June 24, 2019. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

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.