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Legal pot spawned a wave of corruption, threats and secret financial deals for politicians

September 15, 2022
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In the San Gabriel Valley, a city councilman demanded bribes from businesses seeking cannabis licenses, according to a source cooperating with the FBI. In another small L.A. County city, a cannabis industry group offered $15,000 to council candidates who would…

‘Cannabis king’ sentenced to 22 months in prison for bribing San Luis Obispo politician

Helios Dayspring had one goal: build a cannabis empire that, in his words, would be “too big to fail.” But as he acquired hundreds of acres of land to grow the product and opened storefronts along California’s Central Coast to…

‘One giant French kiss wrapped in money’: Cannabis magnate admits bribing San Luis Obispo County supervisor

A high-profile figure in the Central Coast’s marijuana industry has agreed to plead guilty to bribing a San Luis Obispo County supervisor, the first charges to be made public in what a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office in Los…