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How and Eagle Scout became fentanyl drug lord – and ended up a fatality

The photo on the courthouse screen showed a young guy lying dead on his bedroom floor, his bare feet peeking out from the cuffs of his rolled up slacks. Prosecutors claim the fatal dose could be seen just beside a trash can near the edge of the image.

Aaron Shamo, a 29-year-old Eagle Scout and college dropout, became a millionaire by creating a fentanyl trafficking empire with little more than his computer and the support of a few associates.

For three weeks this summer, those suburban millennials testified at his federal trial, providing an unprecedented look into how the global drug trade has been altered by fentanyl bought and sold online.

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