![]() ![]() "Not of our system, it's of A system," he said. ![]() Chasen suggested that the card could have been manufactured by someone else, with a lot of knowledge. "We're certain that our system was hacked."Īgain, police said a swipe card was used to enter the business. ![]() "Certainly someone with a lot of knowledge about our systems and our procedures," he said. Speaking with NBC5 in the same room where Marks had made his presentation, Chasen, Chicago's former deputy chief of detectives, held out the possibility that the burglary was the work of outsiders with immense technical know-how. "We don't know," says chief security officer Michael Chasen. Most banks won't do business with marijuana stores because of federal regulations, meaning dispensaries often have immense amounts of cash on hand.īut even within MOCA's ranks, there seem to be different theories about who might be responsible. Whoever is responsible, the MOCA caper provides a stark reminder of the nagging issue in the blooming marijuana industry: the fact that it is a heavily cash-infused business. But to be clear, we have no reason to suspect there was involvement from anyone associated with the security company that installed our system." "My point was that even the best of systems can have vulnerabilities and they could be in places you don't expect. "We do not know who was involved and have no specific reason to suspect anyone at that point," Marks said in that email. "If somebody basically has the keys to your place, you can only do so much."īut Thursday evening, Marks told NBC5 by email he was not trying to put blame on MOCA's security company, which he did not name. "Essentially we learned that we need to have another system that we don't tell the security company about," he said moments later. Was he talking about his own security company? It certainly sounded like it. Video captures terrifying moments during armed robbery at West Town liquor store "Essentially we learned that we need to have another system that we don't tell the security company about." "If one security company sets up your entire system, no matter how reputable they are and how much you pay them, there's going to be one person-at least-besides you, who knows how to undo that system," he said. "Somebody, for whatever reason, was able to have very advanced knowledge of our digital systems and was able to penetrate them."Īt a community meeting where he was pitching MOCA's proposed new location at 216 West Ohio, Marks suggested he already has a suspicion who was responsible. "Essentially it was a digital hack attack," says CEO Danny Marks. They knew how the video surveillance and alarm systems worked, and shut both of them down.Ī police investigative report obtained by NBC5 Investigates indicates the burglars also knew that a dumbwaiter would take them from the first floor to the downstairs vault area, where they were able to cut into a cash box and escape with an estimated $200,000 in cash. But was the $200,000 burglary of a Chicago MOCA dispensary an inside job?Īsk Chicago Police, and they'll tell you without hesitation that the January 6th burglary of the MOCA dispensary in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood had all the hallmarks of a classic inside job.Īfter all, thieves used a magnetic swipe card to enter the business during the pre-dawn hours. It was the first heist since cannabis was made available for medical patients four years ago. ![]() MOCA's Logan Square location provides both medical and recreational marijuana products it first opened to patients in 2016, making it one of the first legal dispensaries to operate in Chicago.įounded in 1937, Teamsters Local 777 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout the Chicago area. Since Illinois legalized recreational marijuana use and retail last year, it has become one of the state's fastest-growing industries: the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation reported that cannabis-related sales were over $100 million in 2020. "Cannabis professionals throughout both Illinois and North America realize that the union that represents workers from A to Z – airline mechanics to zookeepers – is the best choice for a collective bargaining representative." "This is the second location at this company where the workers have filed for an election to join the Teamsters," said Jim Glimco, President of Local 777. CHICAGO, /PRNewswire/ - An overwhelming majority of the workers at Modern Cannabis (MOCA) in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago have signed authorization cards for an NLRB election that will allow them to become members of Teamsters Local 777. ![]()
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