Powerful Virginia Lawmaker Indicted Over Marijuana Business
What the 4 sources said
“Virginia state senator indicted, accused of leading a marijuana distribution enterprise”
Virginia state senator Lillie Louise Lucas was indicted Thursday on eight counts that include Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Fraud, and Firearms Charges after being accused of running a marijuana distribution enterprise, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Lucas is among seven indicted in the sprawling racketeering scheme. "Louise Lucas has served in a position of public trust in the Commonwealth of Virginia for over three decades," Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a DOJ…
Read at Fox News – U.S.“Virginia: US-Senatorin wegen Drogenhandel und Geldwäsche angeklagt”
Mit ihrer Familie und Geschäftspartnern soll die demokratische Senatorin von Virginia illegale Mengen Cannabis gekauft und verkauft haben. Der FBI-Chef spricht von einem »kriminellen Marihuana-Imperium«.
Read at DER SPIEGEL“Virginia Democrat indicted on federal drug and money laundering charges”
Federal authorities allege state senator L Louise Lucas, a vocal Trump critic, led a ‘criminal marijuana enterprise’ Virginia state senator L Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds. An indictment unsealed on Thursday charged Lucas and six other defendants, including several…
Read at The Guardian – World“Powerful Virginia Lawmaker Indicted Over Marijuana Business”
L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat from Portsmouth, was the focus of F.B.I. searches earlier this year.
Read at The New York Times – U.S.What the reports add
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