Illegal young cannabis plants cultivated at Hands on Faith on June 10, 2019. (Courtesy Monterey County District Attorney’s Office)
Salinas-A judge ordered cannabis affairs based in Salinas Fuji Farm Inc. and Hands on Faith Association, as well as his former CEO Paul King, to pay a total of $ 2.4 million for the cannabis cultivation without the appropriate licenses. >
In a press release, the District Prosecutor's Office of Monterey said that a penalty for non-compliance had been issued last week after three years of negotiations and disputes. Fuji Farms received the order to pay $ 375,760 and the Hands on Faith Association received the order to pay $ 2,038,424.20. The District Prosecutor's Office said Rey was personally responsible for the entire trial according to his role as CEO of the Company and his participation in daily operations and violations.
"The consumer protection unit of the County District District of Monterey is committed to guaranteeing fair competition in the license cannabis industry," the prosecutor's office said in the press release.
.According to the prosecutor's office, Fuji Farms operated 75,000 square feet of external cannabis between 2018 and 2019 without a state license or local license to participate in cannabis activities. During this period, the company collected and continued thousands of illegal cannabis plants.
Associated articles < At the beginning of 2019, temporary cannabis licenses in practical faith expired. Shortly after, King acquired the company and continued to cultivate without renewing licenses and permits. King sold more than a million dollars in illegal cannabis cultivated in the practical faith during this period thanks to his approved business, California New Wave.
The prosecutor's office said that the investigators had learned the violations in this case during the regulatory inspections of the routine, authorized by the law of the state and the regulation of the county. All the illegal cannabis discovered during these inspections have been confiscated and will be destroyed.
The new California wave has finally overthrew King as CEO of all its associated companies, and its operations in Salinas are now under new management and new property. In addition, California New Wave has agreed to pay $ 150,000 in civil sanctions as part of its stipulated trial negotiated with the prosecutor's office.