E66- A short story about Parallel: when investing in cannabis MSOs gets messy

In 2018 Beau Wrigley Jr (heir to Wrigley’s chewing gum) had envisioned building a cannabis MSO juggernaut that could one day surpass the success of his family’s chewing gum business.

There was lots of hype built up around Parallel, investors were tripping over each other to get involved, projections were high, a SPAC was getting set up, and then something not so great happened — some gold old fashioned securities fraud.

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/12/weed-wrigley-lawsuit-00036864