Another Internet Seed Seller Gets a Six Year Sentence
Marc Emery won’t be the only person in a US prison for selling seed over the internet. In Fort Wayne, Indiana a judge has sentenced a man to six years in a federal prison for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet. 30-year-old Jesse Groth sent seeds around the world from his northeastern Indiana home. He used the business name, “Elite Genetics” with the address of his home on Hamilton Lake in Stueben County.
Police found out about Mr. Groth’s operation last year when a woman from another state complained to investigators that her teenage son had stolen hundreds of dollars from her to buy marijuana seeds on line. A search warrant was executed and police found marijuana in the home, scales, growing equipment and over 100 marijuana plants used to make the seeds for his business.
At the time of the search, investigators also found numerous packaged seeds that were ready to ship. A federal grand jury indicted Groth on a charge of manufacturing a controlled substance. He and his partner, 21-year-old Laura Wass shared the home and she was also charged. Groth, as it turns out, was also wanted on an old eBay fraud charge as well. He was accused of bilking money from people for sports cards on the Internet selling site, but then not sending them the goods. There was an outstanding charge of mail fraud from 2006 and federal wire fraud charges stemming from that case.
According to court documents, Jesse Groth is ordered to pay $20,788 in restitution for that crime on top of his manufacturing a controlled substance. For her part in the marijuana seed operation, Laura Wass plead guilty in July and was sentenced to time already served and given no additional jail time for participating in the operation. Groth will also spend an additional four years supervised probation after he completes his 75 month prison sentence.
Marc Emery won’t be the only person in a US prison for selling seed over the internet. In Fort Wayne, Indiana a judge has sentenced a man to six years in a federal prison for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet. 30-year-old Jesse Groth sent seeds around the world from his northeastern Indiana home. He used the business name, “Elite Genetics” with the address of his home on Hamilton Lake in Stueben County.
Police found out about Mr. Groth’s operation last year when a woman from another state complained to investigators that her teenage son had stolen hundreds of dollars from her to buy marijuana seeds on line. A search warrant was executed and police found marijuana in the home, scales, growing equipment and over 100 marijuana plants used to make the seeds for his business.
At the time of the search, investigators also found numerous packaged seeds that were ready to ship. A federal grand jury indicted Groth on a charge of manufacturing a controlled substance. He and his partner, 21-year-old Laura Wass shared the home and she was also charged. Groth, as it turns out, was also wanted on an old eBay fraud charge as well. He was accused of bilking money from people for sports cards on the Internet selling site, but then not sending them the goods. There was an outstanding charge of mail fraud from 2006 and federal wire fraud charges stemming from that case.
According to court documents, Jesse Groth is ordered to pay $20,788 in restitution for that crime on top of his manufacturing a controlled substance. For her part in the marijuana seed operation, Laura Wass plead guilty in July and was sentenced to time already served and given no additional jail time for participating in the operation. Groth will also spend an additional four years supervised probation after he completes his 75 month prison sentence.
