Ryan Wedding, an ex-Olympic snowboarder, is facing federal charges alongside 15 other defendants in what prosecutors have described as a cocaine trafficking ring that ran stash houses in Los Angeles and operated across North America.

Authorities announced Thursday that former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that has shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the United States and has also killed several people.

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, has allegedly been running an international cocaine ring and ordering multiple murders.