Utah man at center of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring will spend life in prison

by McKenzie Stauffer & Associated Press

Thu, October 15th 2020, 3:54 PM UTC

FILE - This 2015 photo provided by Michael P. Shamo shows his son, Aaron Michael Shamo. At the center of a multimillion-dollar opioid case, he testified Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, that he saw himself as helping people get prescription drugs they needed while making money for himself and his friends. (Michael P. Shamo, via AP)

{p}A Utah man is being sentenced Thursday after being convicted of running a multimillion-dollar drug ring shipped hundreds of thousands of potentially deadly opioid pills--that killed at least one person--across the country from the basement of a Cottonwood Heights home. Aaron Shamo is pictured. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. (Photo: Salt Lake County Jail){ }{/p}

A Utah man is being sentenced Thursday after being convicted of running a multimillion-dollar drug ring shipped hundreds of thousands of potentially deadly opioid pills--that killed at least one person--across the country from the basement of a Cottonwood Heights home. (Photo: Utah U.S. Attorney's Office)

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FILE - This 2015 photo provided by Michael P. Shamo shows his son, Aaron Michael Shamo. At the center of a multimillion-dollar opioid case, he testified Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, that he saw himself as helping people get prescription drugs they needed while making money for himself and his friends. (Michael P. Shamo, via AP)

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