Federal prosecutors in Colorado are seeking the forfeiture of a Denver-area warehouse, a safe deposit box and $850,000 held in eight bank accounts they say are linked to money-laundering activity by a marijuana trafficking ring that sold pot out of several stores in ways that violated state and federal law. The alleged trafficking scheme involved "out of state diversion of marijuana, fraud on investors, false reporting to state law enforcement and regulatory authorities, filing of false and incomplete tax returns, and other broad-scale criminal activity," prosecutors said. In January, Colorado became the first state to open retail outlets legally permitted to sell marijuana to adults for recreational purposes, in a system similar to what many states have long had in place for alcohol sales. The operation in question allegedly did not follow the state's rules, however, and ran afoul of federal marijuana guidelines. "The U.S. Attorney's Office continues to engage in focused enforcement
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