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United States Attorney Rebecca C. Lutzko announced the results of a federal investigation involving eight men that were charged in two cases with participating in a pump-and-dump scheme designed to inflate the stock price of Global Resources, Inc. (“GBEN”), a public company that purportedly planned to bring hemp-infused wine to market. All the defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced to a combined total of 165 months of imprisonment.

Ciaran Dillon, the former CFO of the parent company of Claddagh Irish Pubs, is accused of defrauding eight states out of more than $1 million in sales tax revenue. Dillon was arrested in Florida on August 31.

56-year-old Ciaran Dillon was charged with two counts of wire fraud after defrauding multiple states of sales tax revenue.

CLEVELAND - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of CDG Acquisition, LLC (CDG), a