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RICO Charges: Once Reserved For The Mafia Now A Familiar Anti-Cannabis Industry Tactic
Monday, August 15, 2022 - 11:45am | 1188Read More...Charges stemming from the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act have long been a looming threat in the cannabis industry. Coming from civil, state and federal levels, the charges have been used as a method to stymie cannabis operations, whether just or not. Established in 1970,...
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Marijuana Legalization Could Hurt ISIS And The Mafia, May End California Drought
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 10:49am | 615Read More...While marijuana and marijuana-laced products have fantastical monikers like "magic brownies" and "magic dragons," the extraordinary capabilities of cannabis are often limited to claims of alleviated stress and pain reception. However, a pair of articles has now offered two...
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Bank of America Steals From Unemployed People
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 6:50pm | 826Read More...It's like Brian Moynihan wants to be the biggest jackass in the world. First, he and his cronies at Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) hatch this stupid plan to charge debit card users $5 a month to access their own money. After consumers move $60 BILLION in money from banks to credit unions, he backs...
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Mafia Took Over Publicly Traded Company
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 4:30pm | 526Read More...I guess this is the new answer to the question, "What's worse than Jon Corzine running your company into the ground?" In a story that seems ripped off from a Sopranos episode, members of the Lucchese organized crime family allegedly took over FirstPlus Financial Group (OTC: FPFX), a Texas mortgage...
