A Northern California man may face decades in federal prison after he was convicted of bribing the sheriff of Siskiyou County to protect his marijuana growing operation, prosecutors said.
According to U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert’s office, 36-year-old Chi Meng Yang was found guilty of bribery of a public official, conspiracy to commit bribery and manufacturing more than 100 marijuana plants. Yang is a resident of the town of Montague, east of Yreka.Prosecutors said in 2017, Yang and his sister Gaosheng Laitinen took part in an effort to bribe Sheriff Jon Lopey not to enforce the county’s ordinance banning outdoor marijuana grows.
Yang also offered the sheriff $5,000 per parcel for “protection” and another $5,000 per plot for his re-election campaign. Following Yang’s arrest in August of 2017, prosecutors said federal agents searched Yang’s properties and eradicated 1,168 marijuana plants.
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