Defendant in opioid case says he was helping people

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A defendant at the center of a multimillion-dollar opioid case says he saw himself as helping people get the prescription drugs that they needed while making money for himself and his friends.
Aaron Shamo testified Tuesday in a U.S. courtroom in Salt Lake City, just miles from the suburban basement where authorities say he and a friend pressed thousands of fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills that were sold online and shipped across the country.
Prosecutors said the dr