New York state cannabis regulators on Monday moved to punish a Long Island-based licensed processor and distributor that allegedly concocted a scheme to allow unlicensed product to be sold in licensed retailers across the state.
According to the state Office of Cannabis Management, Omnium Health Inc. risks monetary penalties and the loss of its permit for allegedly allowing illicit operators “an unearned backdoor” to the state’s nearly $1.8 billion legal market.
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The charges unveiled against Omnium – and the proposed punishments – are the most serious yet in New York’s legal industry.
And they follow longstanding allegations, repeated recently, that inversion is rife in New York cannabis, where illicit operators moved swiftly to seize a foothold after legalization in 2021.
In a statement,
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