Two former lobbyists were sentenced to federal prison terms after pleading guilty to bribing a prominent Michigan politician in exchange for cannabis business licenses.
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Brian Pierce, 45, received a 24-month sentence and Vincent Brown, 33, was sentenced to 20 months on Wednesday for their respective roles in attempting to bribe a former head of the state’s now-defunct Medical Marijuana Licensing Board, the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release.
The lobbyists’ sentencing wraps up a sordid public corruption case that U.S. Attorney Mark Totten called a “poison to our democracy.”
According to court documents, Brown and Pierce conspired with businessman John Dalaly to bribe Rick Johnson, a former marijuana board executive, to win lucrative medical marijuana business permits.
All four pleaded guilty in April in what The Detroit News called the “largest public corruption scandal” in Michigan in 30 years.
Dalaly was sentenced in
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