Cannabis Grower Fined $12,500 for Tax, Insurance Fraud Conviction

The owner of a licensed cannabis company convicted of failing to pay state payroll taxes and not maintaining workers’ compensation insurance was ordered to pay $12,500 in criminal penalties, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced. Monica Herrera, 43, pleaded no contest to charges of payroll tax fraud and workers’ compensation insurance fraud in July. She was sentenced Tuesday. Herrera owned and operated Holistic Farms LLC between August 2017 and June 2018. Prosecutors said they learned Herrera violated her cannabis cultivation license by moving her busines...