Source: https://www.texascriminallawyerblog.com/federal-authorities-charge-texas-retail-chain-owner-in-connection-with-synthetic-marijuana-investiga/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 16:02:04+00:00

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In addition to seizing the store locations and bank accounts, agents seized personal property owned by the defendant, as well as the Ridgelea Theater in Dallas. The defendant purchased the historic theater in 2010 and restored it. The National Park Service added it to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
Federal prosecutors charged the defendant and the company with multiple offenses in a sealed indictment in 2014. They also charged his daughter, who allegedly ran much of the business operations, and 26 other individuals, most of whom worked as store managers. The defendant and his daughter turned themselves in on May 13, 2015. All of the defendants were released on bond by a federal judge.
A superseding indictment filed in early May lists 17 counts and a forfeiture notice. Drug-related charges against the defendant include conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 846; conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance analogue, id.; distribution of a controlled substance near a public playground, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); importation of a controlled substance analogue, 21 U.S.C. § 952; maintaining drug-involved premises, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1); and maintaining drug-involved premises in or near a public playground, id. The defendant is also charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. in connection with the alleged labeling of synthetic marijuana products, 18 U.S.C. § 371; and conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h).
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References: § 846
 § 841
 § 952
 § 856
 § 371
 § 1956