Former UCLA Decathlete Sentenced to 17 Years for Cannabis Vaping Business Scam

Former UCLA Decathlete Sentenced to 17 Years for Cannabis Vaping Business Scam
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Jill McLaughlin
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A former University of California–Los Angeles decathlete and Philippines national team member was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for scamming cannabis business investors out of $45 million.

David Joseph Bunevacz, 53, of Calabasas, California, was sentenced on Nov. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and ordered to pay about $35.3 million in restitution to his victims.

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