FARGO (KFGO) – A woman has been sentenced by a federal judge in Fargo to 23 years in prison for her part in an international drug trafficking case that was run by a man in a medium security prison in Quebec, Canada.
U.S. District Judge Peter Welte sentenced Marie Um of Montreal, who was convicted in April after a two-week trial, and more than three days of jury deliberation.
Four deaths and five non-fatal overdoses were linked to Um’s actions.
The case was part of what federal prosecutors called “Operation Denial.” The investigation began after the 2015 fentanyl overdose death of Bailey Henke, 18, in Grand Forks. 31 people were charged in North Dakota along with three others in Oregon.
There is a $5 million reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a Chinese national who is believed to be the leader of the transnational drug enterprise.
