Hemp Farm Owner Facing Grand Theft Charges
Wed / Nov 17th
David Wayne Jenkins, owner of now-defunct Castle Management, is facing 33 counts of grand theft of labor for failing to pay employees.
Crime in cannabis isn’t prominent but there are horror stories of companies being robbed just before harvest or budtenders being tragically kidnapped. These are the relevant crime articles:
Wed / Nov 17th
David Wayne Jenkins, owner of now-defunct Castle Management, is facing 33 counts of grand theft of labor for failing to pay employees.
Mon / Nov 15th
John “JT” Burnette, the husband of Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $1.25 million on public corruption charges.
Fri / Oct 29th
Federal authorities are accusing several sheriff’s deputies and a prosecutor in Maine of aiding an illegal cannabis operation.
Thu / Oct 28th
Washington cannabis regulators issued the emergency license suspension of Okanagan-based Emerald Flash over allegations of cannabis product diversion, misrepresentation, and other concerns.
Wed / Oct 27th
The founder of California cannabis dispensary Natural Healing Center is facing a maximum prison sentence of 13 years after pleading guilty to bribery and filing a false tax return.
Tue / Oct 26th
The San Bernardino, California Sheriff’s Department has seized more than 60,000 cannabis plants, 9,000 pounds of processed cannabis, and destroyed 319 greenhouses over the last two weeks as part of “Operation Hammer Strike.”
Thu / Oct 21st
The owner of a Massachusetts cannabis delivery company was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison for tax evasion, money laundering, and cannabis distribution and possession.
Wed / Oct 13th
A Singaporean man is set to be hanged for importing 1 kilogram of cannabis from Malaysia into Singapore in 2018.
Mon / Oct 11th
Custom and border officials have seized nearly 15,000 pounds of cannabis at the Canada-U.S. Michigan border this year.
Thu / Oct 7th
A California jury has awarded $5 million in damages in what is believed to be the first cannabis industry antitrust case in the nation, according to a National Law Review report.
Tue / Sep 28th
The former CEO for Shryne Group, the California multi-state cannabis operator behind the popular STIIIZY brand, was charged with multiple fraud felonies in connection with his time at a different company.
Thu / Sep 23rd
Jasiel Correia, the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was handed a six-year prison sentence this week for extorting cannabis companies while in office.
Wed / May 19th
Two people were indicted by the Department of Justice last week for their involvement in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme involving fake cattle trades and a Colorado cannabis business.
Mon / May 17th
Jasiel Correia, the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was convicted on Friday of extorting cannabis businesses and other crimes.
Thu / May 13th
Two former city officials for Calexico, California were sentenced to two years in federal prison for accepting bribes related to cannabis licensing.
Mon / May 10th
A political consultant working for the agriculture commissioner of Texas has been arrested for his role in an alleged pay-to-play hemp licensing scheme.
Wed / Apr 14th
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a 2018 cannabis warehouse robbery that resulted in the theft of nearly $650,000 in cash and over 1,000 pounds of cannabis.
Thu / Apr 8th
Dr. Jason Pirozzolo — a Florida hand surgeon and founder of The American Medical Marijuana Physician Association — has been linked to an ongoing federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations against Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R).
Mon / Apr 5th
Jasiel Correia — the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts who was arrested after allegedly extorting cannabis companies — is reported to have served as a private consultant to a cannabis firm in the week before signing the company’s non-opposition letter and host agreement.
Thu / Mar 18th
The SEC announced fraud charges on Monday against Irvine, California-based stock trader Andrew L. Fassari for allegedly using Twitter to spread lies about and drive up the stock price of a now-defunct cannabis company.
Thu / Feb 18th
The former CEO of Eaze is expected to plead guilty to charges in connection to a case against two businessmen accused of tricking banks into processing $100 million in illegal debit/credit card payments.
Thu / Feb 11th
The conservative think-tank founded by Steve Bannon has released a report titled ‘Cannabis Cronyism’ that alleges profound political corruption in the cannabis space.
Mon / Feb 8th
Cann Group Limited in Australia said last week it lost $3.6 million when payments meant for an overseas contractor were, “received by an unknown third party as a result of a complex and sophisticated cyber fraud.”
Wed / Jan 13th
The hacker behind a Christmas Day intrusion into the Microsoft Cloud software of Aurora Cannabis appears to be trying to sell the company’s data on an online marketplace.
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