Michigan businessman admits to bribing medical marijuana licensing board chair.

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Michigan businessman admits to bribing medical marijuana licensing board chair.
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Oakland County businessman John Dawood Dalaly pleaded guilty to bribing Rick Johnson, the chairman of Michigan's medical marijuana licensing board, and hiring Johnson's wife as a consultant at a rate of $4,000 a month. Dalaly gave at least $68,200 in cash payments and other benefits to Johnson through his companies, including paying for Johnson to travel on two private chartered flights from Michigan to Canada. Dalaly faces up to 10 years in federal prison and became the first person to plead guilty in court as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe examining Michigan government's awarding of licenses to sell and grow medical marijuana.

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