Late one October night on the Opal Cliffs of California, a gang of armed intruders forced their way into the oceanside estate of tech millionaire and weed tycoon Tushar Atre. A witness reported the CEO was forced into his white BMW at gunpoint — and hours later, his body was discovered at his rural compound in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

That was six years ago. The longstanding investigation has taken many twists and turns, landing two of Atre’s former employees life in prison without parole. Another worker is currently on trial, and one more is scheduled to appear in court later this year.

But as witnesses and associates tell it, Atre was far from your typical sweetheart tech magnate. As local publication SFGate reports, the six-year investigation has helped uncover the brutal working con

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