Cocaine money launderer’s Illinois cannabis license goes up in smoke – Chicago Sun-Times

David Berger, who co-founded Ivy Hall, was found guilty last year in federal court of laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds by converting cocaine money into private jet flights for a trafficker. His cannabis license was terminated May 11. A separate development involving a newer Fox Lake cannabis shop raises new questions about the opaque system for licensing cannabis businesses and Berger’s continued role in the industry.