make it 3 companies P. Vincent Mehdizadeh, the Founder, Chairman and COO of scam company MDBX is a multi-convicted felon. These are his 2 most recent felony convictions: http://dca.lacounty.gov/Consumer%20Affairs%20Press%20Release%20(06.28.13).pdf Leaders of two pot-focused companies have criminal histories, Finra's alert noted: one spent nine years in prison for his role in a drug-smuggling operation and another was indicted in a Ponzi scheme.