Judge Orders a Chinese Drug Cartel to Pay Ohio Family $18 Million Over Son’s Fatal Overdose

A judge in Summit County has ordered a Chinese-based organized crime group to pay an Akron family $18 million in damages for the 2015 overdose death of their son.

“He was a big dreamer and a hard worker and a really great person,” Jim Rauh said of his son Tom.

Rauh explained what started as a prescription for opioid painkillers after a rollerblading accident gradually became an addiction for Tom. He eventually struggled with heroin use and purchased what he thought was the drug from an Akron man in 2015.

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