An Ontario jeweller accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money for a violent criminal network allegedly run by former Olympian Ryan Wedding will not fight his extradition to the United States.
Rolan Sokolovski’s lawyer confirmed in an email that his client consented to extradition in a court hearing today, but stressed that is “neither an admission of wrongdoing nor an acknowledgment of the strength of the case against him.”
Scott Fenton added that Sokolovski is presumed innocent and plans to challenge the allegations in the California courts.
Sokolovski, a jeweller and former professional poker player, was among eight Canadians arrested last fall as part of a complex U.S. investigation into Wedding….