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FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Weber County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Shamo. Shamo, who was convicted of shipping fake prescription drugs all over the country from his home in suburban Salt Lake City during the nation's opioid epidemic, is set to be sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Weber County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Leader of dark-web opioid drug ring gets life sentence

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

This file booking photo provided by the Weber County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Shamo. Shamo was convicted of running a multimillion-dollar fentanyl trafficking empire from his basement in suburban Salt Lake City. The case prosecutors brought against him reveals the ease with which the powerful opioid drug that has killed tens of thousands of people now moves around the world. (Weber County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Aaron Shamo, Eagle Scout, builds deadly Pharma-Master fentanyl trafficking empire

By Claire Galofaro and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

CORRECTS TO SAY CRANDALL AT LEFT AND SHAMO AT CENTER - FILE - This combination of file photos shows Drew Crandall, from left, Aaron Shamo and Sean Gygi. Shamo built a multimillion-dollar fentanyl trafficking empire from his computer with help from Crandall and Gygi. The case prosecutors brought against him reveals the ease with which the powerful opioid drug that has killed tens of thousands of people now moves around the world. (AP Photo, File)

The rise and fall of an Eagle Scout’s deadly fentanyl empire

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Weber County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Shamo. Shamo was convicted of running a multimillion-dollar fentanyl trafficking empire from his basement in suburban Salt Lake City. The case prosecutors brought against him reveals the ease with which the powerful opioid drug that has killed tens of thousands of people now moves around the world. (Weber County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

‘I am awesome’: How a millennial built a fentanyl empire

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Weber County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Michael Shamo. Shamo, a 29-year-old man at the center of a multimillion-dollar dark web opioid drug ring case says he saw himself as helping people get prescription drugs they needed while making money for himself and his friends. Shamo took the stand in a Federal courtroom in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, miles from the suburban basement where he and a friend pressed thousands of fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills that were shipped to people all over the country. (Weber County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Utah man found guilty of running massive opioid ring

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Weber County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Michael Shamo. Shamo, a 29-year-old man at the center of a multimillion-dollar dark web opioid drug ring case says he saw himself as helping people get prescription drugs they needed while making money for himself and his friends. Shamo took the stand in a Federal courtroom in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, miles from the suburban basement where he and a friend pressed thousands of fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills that were shipped to people all over the country. (Weber County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Jury deliberating in Utah case involving major opioid ring

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Weber County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Michael Shamo. Shamo, a 29-year-old man at the center of a multimillion-dollar dark web opioid drug ring case says he saw himself as helping people get prescription drugs they needed while making money for himself and his friends. Shamo took the stand in a federal courtroom in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, miles from the suburban basement where he and a friend pressed thousands of fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills that were shipped to people all over the country. (Weber County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Defendant in major opioid case says he was helping people

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Officials wheel evidence in to the federal courthouse Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Former Eagle Scout Aaron Shamo, 29, will stand trial on allegations that he and a small group of fellow millennials ran a multimillion-dollar empire from the basement of his suburban Salt Lake City home by trafficking hundreds of thousands of pills containing fentanyl, the potent synthetic opioid that has exacerbated the country's overdose epidemic in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Million-dollar opioid drug ring started small, No. 2 says

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

In this Nov. 22, 2016 photo, two men in protective suits exit a residence as local and federal law enforcement agencies respond to a drug bust in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The raid on Aaron Shamo’s home in the upscale suburb of Cottonwood Heights, agents found a still-running pill press in the basement, thousands of pills and more than $1 million in cash stuffed in garbage bags, according to court documents. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)

The Latest: Trial opens for Utah man in major opioid ring

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In this Nov. 22, 2016 photo, two men in protective suits exit a residence as local and federal law enforcement agencies respond to a drug bust in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The raid on Aaron Shamo’s home in the upscale suburb of Cottonwood Heights, agents found a still-running pill press in the basement, thousands of pills and more than $1 million in cash stuffed in garbage bags, according to court documents. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)

Trial opens for Utah man accused in major opioid ring

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press

Utah man downplays role in alleged opioid drug ring

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press