A Toronto resident, identified as a key figure in money laundering activities connected to fugitive Ryan Wedding, allegedly attempted to flee to the Bahamas before his recent apprehension, as per U.S. prosecutors. It is claimed that the confiscation of an extremely rare Mercedes-Benz, believed to have been acquired on behalf of Wedding, prompted Rolan Sokolovski to hastily leave Canada.
Sokolovski, aged 37, is seeking bail from an Ontario court as he faces extradition to the United States on charges of conspiracy related to money laundering and drug trafficking. The individual, who works as a jeweller and has a background in professional poker, appeared before a judge in a Toronto courtroom for the third consecutive day.
The new accusations were detailed in a correspondence from Los Angeles-based assistant U.S. attorneys Lyndsi Allsop and Kenneth R. Carbajal. They assert that Sokolovski is a flight risk and poses a danger to the community due to his alleged involvement with Wedding’s purported criminal syndicate.
Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder from Team Canada, stands accused of leading a criminal enterprise that smuggled approximately 60 tons of cocaine annually from Mexico to various cities in the U.S. and Canada. He is among the FBI’s top 10 most-wanted fugitives.
Prosecutors allege that Sokolovski operated as the primary financial institution for the criminal network, laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in a short span, including through cryptocurrency transactions.
“In October 2025, following the seizure of a $13-million-dollar vehicle by U.S. authorities in Florida that Sokolovski procured for Wedding, Sokolovski attempted to flee to the Bahamas to avoid law enforcement detection,” wrote Allsop and Carbajal.
The lawyers representing the Attorney General of Canada are opposing Sokolovski’s bail application, although they indicated they would not rely on the U.S. assertion that he had tried to leave the country.
Following the initial publication of this article, Sokolovski’s defense attorney, Scott Fenton, refuted the claim as “patently false.”
Documentation released by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, including nearly 800 pages of bail exhibits, revealed a booking made by Sokolovski on Oct. 19 for an Air Canada flight to Nassau. The tickets were issued for Sokolovski and a female companion to travel from Toronto to Nassau on Nov. 9, with a return flight scheduled for Nov. 16.
Sokolovski, who hails from Lithuania, was taken into custody on Nov. 18 as part of a joint operation conducted by the FBI and RCMP targeting individuals associated with Wedding across multiple countries.
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