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Author: Jill Mahoney
Publication Date: January 12, 2026 - 18:09
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Toronto-area jeweller accused of laundering funds for Ryan Wedding made money on crypto, poker
January 12, 2026
A Toronto-area jeweller who is accused in the United States of laundering funds for a violent international drug-trafficking network allegedly run by former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding testified Monday that he made substantial amounts of money from trading cryptocurrencies and playing poker.
Rolan Sokolovski, 37, appeared in a Toronto court on Monday as part of a hearing to determine whether he can be released on bail ahead of his extradition proceedings. He is pledging to post $2-million in bail.
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Despite a plea from a Canadian Jewish advocacy group, the Carney government will not be appointing a new special envoy to tackle antisemitism. Neither will it have an Islamophobia envoy. Instead, it launched an advisory council to combat hate on Wednesday.
The role of Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism was previously held by Deborah Lyons. But it has remained open since she stepped down in July. B’nai Brith Canada urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to fill the position in an open letter in mid-January.
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