Owen Hanson is a former college athlete who ran an illegal sports betting company and later expanded into international cartel-backed money laundering and drug trafficking. Hanson is a former backup tight end for the University of Southern California football team in the early 2000s. He started smuggling steroids over the US-Mexico border while in school. He got involved in sports betting after the 2008 financial crisis and set up the ODOG Enterprise — a betting company targeting wealthy gamblers — from Costa Rica. Using his sports connections, Hanson offered rigged tips, bribed players, and enforced payments through threats. The FBI arrested him in 2015 for racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and he was sentenced to 21 years and three months in federal prison. He served nine years in prison since his arrest and forfeited $5 million in assets. He spoke to Business Insider about money laundering and the lifestyle of high-rolling sports betters. He discussed...