REMAINS UNDER ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION AFTER OUR
INVESTIGATION REVEALED IN MAY
SHE WAS SELLING TICKETS TO
HEAR HER GIVE MARIJUANA
INVESTMENT ADVICE. ((PAUL))
BUT NOW -- HER BUSINESS IS
TAKING ON A NEW LOOK AND SHE'S
RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN
A PYRAMID SCHEME. TARGET 3
INVESTIGATOR MARK MAXWELL IS
LIVE IN OUR CAPITAL NEWSROOM.
MARK -- YOU'VE BEEN DIGGING
INTO SENATOR PATRICIA VAN
PELT'S SIDE BUSINESS.
((MARK)) YOU MAY RECALL,
SENATOR VAN PELT SAID SHE KNEW
WHICH CANNABIS STOCKS WERE
VIABLE, AND SOLD TICKETS TO
SEMINARS WHERE SHE GAVE HER
INVESTMENT ADVICE. BUT NOW --
SHE'S ASKING CUSTOMERS TO
INVEST IN THEIR OWN HOME-
BUSINESSES, TO SELL HER
PRODUCTS. SHE HOLDS WEEKLY
MOTIVIATIONAL CALLS WITH NEW
MEMBERS... AND ONCE SHE
STARTED DROPPING NAMES OF
OTHER PROMINENT ELECTED
OFFICIALS... WE STARTED
DIGGING FOR ANSWERS.
President Dr. Patricia Van
Pelt will guide you through
Wakanna University, Learn how
to make edibles, invest in
cannabis stocks, and build
wealth. IT WAS OFFERS LIKE
THIS ONE -- SELLING INVESTMENT
ADVICE FOR CANNABIS STOCKS --
THAT LANDED SENATOR PATRICIA
VAN PELT UNDER INVESTIGATION
AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
SECURITIES DIVISION. BECAUSE
THAT PROBE IS STILL UNDERWAY,
THIS CLAIM IN PARTICULAR
DURING A WAKANNA CONFERENCE
CALL THURSDAY SET OFF ALARM
BELLS."I signed up Senators,
and the Secretary of State,
and the Cook County Clerk of
the Circuit Court." IN LEAKED
AUDIO, VAN PELT APPEARED TO
TELL NEW RECRUITS SECRETARY OF
STATE JESSE WHITE AND COOK
COUNTY CLERK DOROTHY BROWN
WERE BUSINESS PARTNERS IN HER
NEW VENTURE. WHITE'S OFFICE,
WHICH WARNS CONSUMERS TO AVOID
SCAMS, DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT
IN WAKANNA, SAYING SHE
"EMBELLISHED" BROWN'S OFFICE
SAID, "SHE'S NOT INVOLVED."
BOTH DID BUY PRODUCTS FROM VAN
PELT YEARS AGO IN A NOW-
DEFUNCT PYRAMID SCHEME CALLED
5LINX, WHOSE OWNER WAS LATER
CONVICTED OF FRAUD. TUESDAY,
VAN PELT SAID THAT'S WHAT SHE
WAS REFERRED TO, AND SAID NO
CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE
INVOLVED IN HER NEW MULTI-
LEVEL MARKETING COMPANY THAT
SELLS CBD OIL. Micro
enterprising and network
marketing. Home-based parties.
We do home-based parties. HER
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO INVITES
MEMBERS TO THE WAKANNA
LOUNGE... Schedule a visit to
Wakanna Lounge or attend a
focus group BUT THE COMPANY
DISPENSARY AND HEADQUARTERS...
ARE REGISTERED HERE, THE ONLY
VISIBLE WAKANNA SIGN TUCKED
AWAY INSIDE THIS INSURANCE
COMPANY ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH
SIDE. WHILE SHE INVITED PEOPLE
TO BECOME MARIJUANA
MILLIONAIRES, HER WEBSITE SAYS
MOST PEOPLE ENROLLED IN
WAKANNA MAKE LESS THAN $100 A
MONTH. We have people that
range all the way from 60
cents to $13,000 in a month. A
DISCLAIMER ON HER WEBSITE
SAYS, The average affiliate
spends between $500 and $3,000
in expenses as they build
their business. Less than 4%
earns sufficient commissions
to cover their costs of the
WaKanna For Life products. VAN
PELT MOTIVATED NEW MEMBERS WHO
STRUGGLED TO STRIKE IT RICH...
"If you
need to learn to use your
thoughts.""If you are in
poverty, it
yo" AND
SHE PAINTED A BRIGHTER FUTURE,
PROMISING NEW RECRUITS THE
COMPANY WOULD SOON ENTER THE
CANNABIS SPACE, "We're not
trying to sell just CBD oil.
That's our entry point." THE
COMPANY CURRENTLY DOES NOT
HAVE A CANNABIS LICENSE.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SHE CHANGED
HER STORY. Wakanna has no
plans to become a cannabis
company. SENATOR VAN PELT DID
NOT VOTE TO LEGALIZE SMALL
AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA FOR
RECREATIONAL USE, DUE TO A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SHE
CONFIRMED TUESDAY, SHE STILL
HOLDS STOCK IN MARIJUANA
COMPANIES. I don
reason why any lawmakers
should not be able to invest
in any of it, any industry
actually.
((MARK)) GET THIS -- LAWMAKERS
ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A LIFETIME
BAN INTO THE CANNABIS LAW THAT
PREVENTS THEM OR THEIR FAMILY
FROM INVESTING IN CANNABIS
STOCKS. NOW, THEY'RE WORKING
TO SOFTEN THAT LANGUAGE TO
ALLOW PASSIVE INVESTMENT IN
PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES, AND
AFTER A TWO YEAR WAITING
PERIOD, LAWMAKERS COULD
LEGALLY BECOME DIRECT OWNERS
OF CANNABIS RELATED COMPANIES.
THANKS MARK.
