A revenue agent for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been charged for soliciting a bribe from a Seattle marijuana dispensary owner. Paul G. Hurley was charged with two counts of receiving a bribe and he appeared in U.S. District Court this past Monday afternoon. There is currently a preliminary hearing scheduled for October 5, 2015. Hurley started auditing the Marijuana dispensary’s 2013 and 2014 tax returns in July. Marijuana dispensaries do not receive business deductions because Marijuana remains illegal under Federal law. Hurley told the dispensary owner that he saved him more than a million dollars and then asked for $20,000 in cash. The dispensary owner told his lawyer who then contacted the authorities. Law enforcement officials then watched Paul G. Hurley accept bribe money in two meetings.
See Michael Cohn, IRS Agent Charged With Soliciting Bribe from Marijuana Dispensary, Accounting Today, September 25, 2015.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
