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  United States of America v. Helios Raphael Dayspring
  

  On July 28, 2021 Federal prosecutors filed a criminal information charging Helios Raphael Dayspring a.k.a. "Bobby Dayspring" with one count of bribery and one count of subscribing to a false 2018 income tax return that deliberately failed to report millions of dollars to the IRS.

  According to the court documents, Dayspring owned, operated or had controlling interest in multiple farms that grew cannabis in San Luis Obispo County. Dayspring also owned multiple farms that sold marijuana to the public. To further his interest in his farms, Dayspring began paying bribes to San Luis Obispo County Supervisors. He paid the pervious District supervisor $32,000 in cash and money order bribes. These payments were in exchange for the supervisor to vote on legislative matters related to Daysprings farms to operate before it had obtained final permitting approvals.

  Daysprings admitted in his plea agreement that he and his business associate attempted to bribe the then Grover Beach mayor with $100,000 in exchange for two dispensary licenses. The mayor did not respond to the offer and the money was not paid. Dayspring also admitted to underreporting his personal income on his federal tax returns 2014 - 2018 which resulted in the IRS losing $3.4 million.

  Dayspring agreed to surrender and on August 25, 2021 will make his first appearance in United States District Court in Los Angeles. Dayspring will face a statutory maximum of 13 years in federal prison once he pleads guilty.