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Dear Investigative Journalists, We are writing to you because you are attending the global investigative journalism conference. By way of introduction, I am the lead plaintiff in a series of private prosecutions and class actions due to a massive ponzi scheme in the global cannabis industry called Juicy Fields. The fraud itself was huge – kind of like the Wirecard of cannabis. Investors were lured mostly via online means, including direct, paid advertorial pitches on social media like Facebook, but also via cannabis conferences, and both the mainstream and cannabis focussed media. We were told that we could make up to…
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The Juicy Fields scam was never just limited to Europe. Indeed, from the beginning, the scam looked to South Africa in particular, for everything from cultivation plantations to new leadership. In the last several months, this situation has become even stranger as people associated with the scam continue to work there, or make claims that they do, which have even now roped in local and established journalists. The Juicy Fields Paid Press Effort The Juicy Fields Dao is not going away, but rather continuing to generate false press and media. As of mid January, 2024, the scam has continued to…
Juicy Fields Suspect To Be Extradited from Estonia to Spain
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