GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Rick Johnson, a former Michigan House speaker and head of the Marijuana Licensing Board, plead guilty Tuesday to bribery charges. He now faces up to 10 years behind bars.

Johnson admitted he accepted at least $100,000 in bribes as he led a state board from 2017-2019. He wielded power to decide which businesses made their way into the marijuana market first.

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The 70-year-old Johnson is the second person to admit criminal wrongdoing in federal court as part of a wide-ranging and ongoing investigation into how money and lobbyists swayed marijuana policy decisions in Lansing. On Friday, businessman John Dawood Dalaly of Oakland County pleaded guilty to bribing Johnson.

In addition to prison time, Johnson faces $250,000 in fines. He was released Tuesday on an unsecured bond of $25,000.