CNN CNN Special Report January 4, 2015 03:24:00
>> but it was turning into a real business that -- >> it was. >> -- you could at least make a go of it. >> absolutely. >> though the company's product mimicked the illegal drug lsd, carlton says the chemicals he was saying weren't yet scheduled or banned in the united states. he set up shop in this office building, even registered with the secretary of state, and went to work. >> i was an employee of my own company, getting a w-2. i mean, we had full payroll services. it was as legitimate as it could be. we knew we were walking a very fine line as far as the law was concerned. but at the time ...