Chicago marijuana mogul gets year in prison for laundering cash used to book jets for cocaine trafficker

David Berger, co-founder of an Illinois cannabis company, was sentenced to one year in prison for money laundering and structuring cash transactions linked to a Mexican cocaine trafficker. He was accused of converting drug proceeds into private jet charters for Oswaldo Espinosa, who is charged with importing cocaine into the U.S. Berger was ordered to pay $253,000 in restitution and a $10,000 fine.