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The Rise and Fall of a $164M Cannabis Startup

The Rise and Fall of a $164M Cannabis Startup

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"Not one person at the top knew what they were doing."

L.A.'s Genius Fund was the vision of college friends backed an oligarch who invested $164 million into the project. Less than two years later, the money was gone and the oligarch was dead. Senior reporter Tami Abdollah kicks off our multi-part investigative series looking at the company.

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