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Prosecutors say Facebook messages and posts helped take down two Denver crime rings accused of using stolen vehicles to burglarize dispensaries and pawn shops. ....
Documents on file in U.S. District Court, including an asset forfeiture claim made by the U.S. Attorney s Office, lay out more of the story. Over six years, Sermos reportedly never made a legal sale, while continually buying bulk amounts of legal marijuana in Colorado over 3,000 pounds, according to the state s tracking system. Sermos obtained his first marijuana business license in 2014, registering it in Denver under Mega Giant LLC. In 2015, he got another marijuana license, which he registered in Boulder under the name Flatirons General Service Provider; he got the CGSP license in 2018. All three of Sermos s licenses were designated for marijuana-infused-product facilities, which require large amounts of plant matter from which to extract marijuana s cannabinoids for concentrate, edibles, lotions and other infused products. ....
Scammers are going after marijuana businesses in Colorado, posing as an array of authority figures and colleagues while targeting employees in an effort to steal cash. Stephanie Hull, director of operations for Rocky Road Remedies, says that con artists have contacted employees at two stores numerous times, presenting themselves as higher management, product vendors, utility providers and even state Marijuana Enforcement Division inspectors, all in an effort to persuade store staffers to drop off or wire thousands of dollars in cash. Rocky Road has been experiencing regular scam attempts since November, she notes, and it s not alone. The Denver Police Department sent an alert to local marijuana business owners last October, warning of texting scams aimed at the industry. The fraudsters didn t go away, though, and the MED issued its own statewide memo about a month later. On January 14, the MED sent out the same memo, but with a new message in bold at the top: Since this b ....