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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

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