"Owen Hanson is a former college athlete who ran an illegal sports betting company and later expanded into international cartel-backed money laundering and drug trafficking. Hanson was a backup tight end for the University of Southern California football team in the early 2000s. He started smuggling steroids over the US-Mexico border while in school. He got involved in sports betting after the 2008 financial crisis and set up the ODOG Enterprise - a betting company targeting wealthy gamblers - from Costa Rica."
"Using his sports connections, Hanson offered rigged tips, bribed players, and enforced payments through threats. The FBI arrested him in 2017 for racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and he was sentenced to 21 years and three months in federal prison. He served seven years and forfeited $5 million in assets. He spoke with Business Insider about money laundering and the lifestyle of high-rolling sports betters. He discussed cartel suppliers and how steroids are smuggled across the US-Mexico border."
Owen Hanson ran an illegal sports-betting operation that expanded into cartel-backed money laundering and drug trafficking. He played as a backup tight end at USC and began smuggling steroids across the US-Mexico border while in school. After the 2008 financial crisis, he established ODOG Enterprise in Costa Rica targeting wealthy gamblers with rigged tips, bribes, and threats. The FBI arrested him in 2017; he was convicted of racketeering and narcotics conspiracy, sentenced to 21 years and three months, served seven years, and forfeited $5 million. He launched California Ice Protein and became the subject of the Prime Video docuseries Cocaine Quarterback.
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