NFL stars Julio Jones and Roddy White defendants in cannabis lawsuit for alleged fraud, money laundering: Report

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Julio Jones and Roddy White are among the defendants named in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by California-based cannabis business Genetixs. According to the suit, the defendants failed to report cannabis sales since March 2021, the same month that Van Beek was fired. The company estimates about US$3 million ($3.7 million) of cannabis was harvested and sold illegally every month since then. Van Beek was fired by Genetixs in March 2021. It is then alleged the Van Beeks then began working with Jones and White to sell the company’s product on the illicit market.

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Julio Jones and Roddy White are among the defendants named in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by California-based cannabis business Genetixs. Larry Brown Sports was the first outlet to report the lawsuit.

Jones, who is under contract with the Tennesse Titans, White, who retired from the NFL in 2017, White’s company SLW Holdings, and father and son John and Shaun Van Beek, are being sued for, among other things, conspiracy to defraud, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment, according...

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