The letter from a top Oregon regulator delivered good news: Tisha Siler had won approval of her application for a medical marijuana dispensary license.
Siler, a California pot grower, would be a "valuable asset" to Oregon, the letter gushed.
There was more. The notice offered, in essence, to hand over a total of seven dispensary licenses without bureaucratic hassle, giving Siler a competitive advantage in Oregon's expanding cannabis trade.
Problem was the October 2014 letter, right down to its official-looking letterhead, was fake.
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