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303hydro · 01-13-2011, 08:01 PM

https://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_16900473

Federal authorities are close to resolving a years-long investigation into a Front Range hydroponics gardening store owner and a network of basement marijuana grows, according to court records.
Federal prosecutors accuse Corey Inniss, the owner of the Way to Grow chain of hydroponics stores, of supplying growing equipment from his stores to help set up several marijuana cultivation operations in homes from Boulder to Fort Collins.
In exchange for the equipment, Inniss received a cut of the operations' proceeds, according to the documents.
Prosecutors accuse Inniss of taking the money he received from the marijuana operation and depositing it into business accounts for his hydroponics stores.
The court documents state that, between April 2005 and August 2006, Inniss made nearly $1.3 million in cash deposits into two Way to Grow bank accounts.
Authorities launched the investigation in August 2006, and recent filings suggest that the case may soon be resolved.
"The parties continue to be engaged in settlement negotiations and believe that a settlement is eminent as part of a global resolution involving criminal charges as well," federal prosecutors wrote in a Dec. 3 status update filing in one of the forfeiture cases.
Both Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Denver, and Mike Turner, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman, declined to comment on the case.
Jeralyn Merritt, an attorney for Inniss, said in a statement: "Mr. Inniss, Way to Grow and the Government have expended considerable time and effort over the past year to resolve their legal differences. We anticipate a full resolution within the next few months. Way to Grow will continue to operate in full compliance with the law."
The investigation details appear in court documents in two asset forfeiture cases filed in federal District Court in Denver.
In the first case, federal prosecutors are seeking to seize five houses — one in Windsor, one in Erie and three in Fort Collins — where the growing operations are alleged to have been housed. In the second case, prosecutors are trying to seize $48,900 found at one of the houses.
In October 2009, federal agents raided nine houses connected with the case and seized 981 mature and starter marijuana plants, according to the documents.
The attorney for one of the alleged growers, Martin Pieper, asserted in one case filing that any cultivation at Pieper's house complied with Colorado's medical-marijuana laws.
Pieper's attorney, Joseph Saint-Veltri, declined to elaborate when reached by telephone.

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ijim · 04-13-2011, 02:59 AM

If you let us take the properties and the cash all of this will go away. Is it really about the Cannabis? Or financing other extortion deals.

mean mr.mustard · 04-13-2011, 03:11 AM

It's shameful how much time and how many resources are wasted arresting real people living real lives instead of actually used to help society.

The easy meat is too good to pass up. Don't bother stopping the meth cook... he's probably armed anyway.... but considering how raids are usually carried out it seems like they expect Armageddeon from a housewife.

High school and college kids are overdosing on pharmaceuticals left and right... but make damn sure they can't have a safe high from a plant...

We can tell who pays their bills.

Shame on you LEO.

Yes4Prop215 · 04-13-2011, 03:12 AM

extortion at its finest..however this guy was way to big for his own safety....1.3mil in cash deposits, five properties....and being connected to growing in the first place through the store...dude basically painted a big ass bullseye on his ass for the DEA to hit..

ITS NOT FEDERALLY LEGAL YET...too many people act like you can do this in the open. should have buried that 1.3 in the mountains like they do in humbolt..

Yes4Prop215 · 04-13-2011, 04:05 AM

dont put more than 50k cash per year in the bank, unless you are prepared to declare on taxes. a buddy just got audited by the IRS for making 250k in deposits over 3 years, all grow money...they say he owes 20k in back taxes now.

i made around 35k in cash deposits this year, just to pay bills, etc. i declared all of that on taxes this year...fuck the feds they definately see that money moving so stay under the radar...only a few ways to launder and growing ---> growshop profits is a hot one....

pearlemae · 04-13-2011, 04:17 AM

Extortion at its finest. With todays economic climate, all the broke states, I would think that there will be more confiscations to help raise state and federal funds. The budget that they made up today, cuts millions from law enforcement grant money state will get money some where. It sucks but I can see it coming. The guys that "paint a bulls eye" are the ones that will get hosed. So keep the head down, don't get greedy and ride it out. One day the political climate has to get looser.

Deft · 04-13-2011, 06:12 AM

Buy gold or palladium and bury deep in a rubbermaid box where no one with a minelab will look.

Harry Gypsna · 04-30-2011, 09:36 PM

my friend the growhsop owner got 18 months for selling equipment--conspiracy/.

303hydro · 05-01-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry Gypsna

my friend the growhsop owner got 18 months for selling equipment--conspiracy/.

In England?

soil margin · 05-11-2011, 06:55 PM

Don't do illegal activities while running a quasi-legal business. Especially ones that involve lots of money and attract lots of attention.

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303hydro senior primate of the 303 cornbread mafia Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: 303 Posts: 1,168	Don't say the M Word in this store. Wow https://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_16900473 Federal authorities are close to resolving a years-long investigation into a Front Range hydroponics gardening store owner and a network of basement marijuana grows, according to court records. Federal prosecutors accuse Corey Inniss, the owner of the Way to Grow chain of hydroponics stores, of supplying growing equipment from his stores to help set up several marijuana cultivation operations in homes from Boulder to Fort Collins. In exchange for the equipment, Inniss received a cut of the operations' proceeds, according to the documents. Prosecutors accuse Inniss of taking the money he received from the marijuana operation and depositing it into business accounts for his hydroponics stores. The court documents state that, between April 2005 and August 2006, Inniss made nearly $1.3 million in cash deposits into two Way to Grow bank accounts. Authorities launched the investigation in August 2006, and recent filings suggest that the case may soon be resolved. "The parties continue to be engaged in settlement negotiations and believe that a settlement is eminent as part of a global resolution involving criminal charges as well," federal prosecutors wrote in a Dec. 3 status update filing in one of the forfeiture cases. Both Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Denver, and Mike Turner, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman, declined to comment on the case. Jeralyn Merritt, an attorney for Inniss, said in a statement: "Mr. Inniss, Way to Grow and the Government have expended considerable time and effort over the past year to resolve their legal differences. We anticipate a full resolution within the next few months. Way to Grow will continue to operate in full compliance with the law." The investigation details appear in court documents in two asset forfeiture cases filed in federal District Court in Denver. In the first case, federal prosecutors are seeking to seize five houses — one in Windsor, one in Erie and three in Fort Collins — where the growing operations are alleged to have been housed. In the second case, prosecutors are trying to seize $48,900 found at one of the houses. In October 2009, federal agents raided nine houses connected with the case and seized 981 mature and starter marijuana plants, according to the documents. The attorney for one of the alleged growers, Martin Pieper, asserted in one case filing that any cultivation at Pieper's house complied with Colorado's medical-marijuana laws. Pieper's attorney, Joseph Saint-Veltri, declined to elaborate when reached by telephone. Read more: Federal authorities nearing settlement with accused marijuana-grow operations supplier - The Denver Post https://www.denverpost.com/news/marij...#ixzz1AwYdNUo1 Read The Denver Post's Terms of Use of its content: https://www.denverpost.com/termsofuse
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ijim Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: US Posts: 652	If you let us take the properties and the cash all of this will go away. Is it really about the Cannabis? Or financing other extortion deals.
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04-13-2011, 03:11 AM	#3
mean mr.mustard I Pass Satellites Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overturning Pebbles and Upending All the Animals Alight Posts: 6,418	It's shameful how much time and how many resources are wasted arresting real people living real lives instead of actually used to help society. The easy meat is too good to pass up. Don't bother stopping the meth cook... he's probably armed anyway.... but considering how raids are usually carried out it seems like they expect Armageddeon from a housewife. High school and college kids are overdosing on pharmaceuticals left and right... but make damn sure they can't have a safe high from a plant... We can tell who pays their bills. Shame on you LEO. __________________ Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?" - Martin Luther King Jr. People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. - Bob Dylan Be good and you will be lonely. - Mark Twain How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank
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04-13-2011, 03:12 AM	#4
Yes4Prop215 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the hills mang....i DEEED it... Posts: 10,100	extortion at its finest..however this guy was way to big for his own safety....1.3mil in cash deposits, five properties....and being connected to growing in the first place through the store...dude basically painted a big ass bullseye on his ass for the DEA to hit.. ITS NOT FEDERALLY LEGAL YET...too many people act like you can do this in the open. should have buried that 1.3 in the mountains like they do in humbolt.. __________________ Cured Bud pictures Flowering pictures
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04-13-2011, 04:05 AM	#5
Yes4Prop215 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the hills mang....i DEEED it... Posts: 10,100	dont put more than 50k cash per year in the bank, unless you are prepared to declare on taxes. a buddy just got audited by the IRS for making 250k in deposits over 3 years, all grow money...they say he owes 20k in back taxes now. i made around 35k in cash deposits this year, just to pay bills, etc. i declared all of that on taxes this year...fuck the feds they definately see that money moving so stay under the radar...only a few ways to launder and growing ---> growshop profits is a hot one.... __________________ Cured Bud pictures Flowering pictures
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04-13-2011, 04:17 AM	#6
pearlemae May your race always be in your favor Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: On the Short Bus to nowhere Posts: 2,405	Extortion at its finest. With todays economic climate, all the broke states, I would think that there will be more confiscations to help raise state and federal funds. The budget that they made up today, cuts millions from law enforcement grant money state will get money some where. It sucks but I can see it coming. The guys that "paint a bulls eye" are the ones that will get hosed. So keep the head down, don't get greedy and ride it out. One day the political climate has to get looser. __________________ Liberalism is the trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is the distrust of the people tempered by fear. William H Gladstone
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Deft Get two birds stoned at once Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NOCO Posts: 2,989	Buy gold or palladium and bury deep in a rubbermaid box where no one with a minelab will look. __________________ A naturally good person does not need heaven and hell to guide their behavior. Daft DWC, holy grail DWC 250w
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04-30-2011, 09:36 PM	#8
Harry Gypsna Dirty hippy Bastard Join Date: May 2004 Location: Outside BodyShop, with a Tin Whistle and a dog on a piece of string Posts: 8,157	my friend the growhsop owner got 18 months for selling equipment--conspiracy/. __________________ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and none of these people are very funny.
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soil margin Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sunshine and Lollipops Posts: 808	Don't do illegal activities while running a quasi-legal business. Especially ones that involve lots of money and attract lots of attention.
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