Matthew Price, part
owner and operator of Portland and Eugene medical marijuana dispensaries called
Cannabliss, was sentenced Monday to seven months in prison, marking what a prosecutor
called the country's first federal sentencing of a legal marijuana business
owner for tax crimes.
Price, 32, pleaded guilty
to four counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns, a misdemeanor.
He was ordered to pay $262,776 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service
for the tax loss.
Price must turn himself
in on Nov. 1.
The court must address a unique question in the case: Can Price continue working in his marijuana business until his surrender or after he completes his prison term? A hearing is set Friday to decide.
