The Syndicate

A group of college friends gamed Colorado’s marijuana laws and made millions in the most sophisticated black market grow... Read more

In June 2014, a Kansas State Patrolman pulls over a minivan on a routine traffic stop, only to discover $374,000, a gun,... Read more

Andrew Cohen moves to Colorado to help his longtime college friend Tri Nguyen start a marijuana business. But when Tri t... Read more

Tri takes his marijuana business from a cottage industry to full scale industrialization with growing facilities all ove... Read more

Even as the Syndicate's growing network expands, distribution remains a problem. Getting the organization’s product acro... Read more

Even as the Syndicate hits its stride as an illegal operation, Tri sets up a big play to go legal. He wants to leave the... Read more

The backstory of the Syndicate's kingpin. We explore Tri's motivations, his history with the Syndicate's key distributor... Read more

After Joe Johnson flips and becomes an informant, the noose starts to tighten around the Syndicate. In October 2014, pol... Read more

Lifelong friendships and familial bonds shatter as law enforcement pressures members of the Syndicate into ratting on on... Read more

In this first bonus episode, Special Agent Steve Bratten with the Colorado Department of Revenue discusses the prior cas... Read more