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federal authorities seized $1.2 million in cash. police say aaron shamo and at least coconspirators ordered the extremely lethal substance from china and they would mix it with fillers, president of pills that looked like legitimate pharmaceuticals, and mail it to customers. federal agents say the operation ended up shipping pills to people in every single state. at least one customer, authority say, died from an overdose. each pill cost about a penny to make and was being sold for up to $20 apiece. shamo s family since he s being targeted by prosecutors because other deeply involved partners in the scheme had been offered plea deals. shamo s father says his son was a chessmaster, and crochet blankets for hospitals. he is saying that his son saw the opportunity to make money but didn t see the extreme danger. shamo was indicted on 13 federal charges and faces life in
shepard: first he earned the rank of eagle scout and now he s accused of becoming a drug kingpin. his trial started today in utah. the man is accused of making counterfeit prescription pain killers and mailing them to homes all across the country. prosecutors say this man, aaron shamo, ran a multimillion dollar drug empire out of his basement until agents busted him in 2016. they say that man sent out hundreds of thousands of bills that contain fentanyl. of course fentanyl has killed tens of thousands of people in the united states. the man s dad says his son didn t know the dangers of what he was doing. matt finn has the rest of the story and he is alive. federal authority say this 29-year-old former eagle scout was running one of the country s largest drug enterprises. he sold 800,000 pills, made about $2.8 million.