An Ohio man was formally charged with fraud in connection with investments in a cannabis candy company.
The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Securities announced last week that a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted 54-year-old Garett Fortune of Rocky River on 20 felony counts related to securities fraud stemming from alleged incidents involving six investors between June 2021 and May 2022.
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Fortune was indicted on Monday, June 22, on six counts of false representation, six counts of securities fraud, four counts of theft from a person in a protected class, three counts of grand theft, and one count of money laundering.
In total, he faces five second-degree felonies, nine third-degree felonies, and six fourth-degree felonies…