In the most recent round of retail marijuana dispensary licenses issued by the State of Nevada, there were 116 applicants who submitted 461 applications vying for 61 licenses. The selection process was arduous and had the full support of the majority of companies applying for the licenses – until a handful of applicants with a sense of entitlement, including Nevada insiders, former politicians and real estate tycoons, were not chosen.

The department and related entities "are now engaging in a cover-up of the rampant illegality and corruption that infected the license application process for the recreational Dispensaries," the complaint says.