Thanh Duy Nguyen, 53, of Brentwood, misrepresented his unlicensed marijuana distribution business as a nonprofit.
OAKLAND – A 53-year-old Brentwood man who misrepresented his marijuana distribution business as a nonprofit to obtain $300,000 in COVID-19 relief funds was sentenced Thursday to just over three years in federal prison, according to prosecutors.East Bay man linked to 4 sexual assaults in 2 days, after being charged with exposing himself to nurse
Nguyen ran and was the sole officer of T&A Distribution, an unlicensed interstate marijuana trafficking scheme with grow houses around the Bay Area, according to prosecutors. Nguyen filed the first loan application in April 2020 and the second in June 2020. In both, he certified he was not involved in any unlawful activity even though he knew his marijuana distribution business was illegal under federal law, according to prosecutors. He also purportedly lied about T&A Distribution’s gross revenues, cost of operations and employee count.
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