Carlsbad Woman Traced to Illegal Vapes Could Get 40 Years in Prison

Carlsbad Woman Traced to Illegal Vapes Could Get 40 Years in Prison
A man blows vapor from an e-cigarette in South San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 23, 2018. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Brad Jones
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A California woman known to be a pioneer of the CBD industry could spend the next four decades in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, say federal prosecutors.

Janell Thompson moved from Utah to the San Diego area in 2010, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press. Although she had a background in financial services, her personal vaping habit would eventually lead her from the party scene to a federal courtroom.