Marijuana mogul sentenced to almost two years in prison for bribing county supervisor

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The 36-year-old owner of a cannabis business in California has been ordered to spend 22 months in federal prison after filing false income tax returns and giving a county supervisor $40,640 in bribes to secure his vote. Last fall, the defendant pleaded guilty to one count of bribery and one count of subscribing to a false income tax return. Multiple bribes were paid to the supervisor starting in the fall of 2016 and continuing until November 2019. The sheriff responded to the bribery bid by informing the FBI. Subscribe to Weekend Dispensary, a weekly newsletter from The GrowthOp. Among other things, the supervisor voted multiple times for legislation that allowed the defendant’s farms to operate before obtaining final permitting approvals.

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The 36-year-old owner of a cannabis business in California has been ordered to spend 22 months in federal prison after filing false income tax returns and giving a county supervisor $40,640 in bribes to secure his vote.

According to Cal Coast News, the judge ordered 22 months on the single count of bribery and a matching 22 months for one count of tax fraud, which are to be served concurrently.

That sentence, plus the two years probation, was five months shy of what prosecutors had requested, but considerably more than...

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