A former medical marijuana dispensary owner who was charged last year in connection with a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation pleaded no contest on March 29 to two counts each of sales of marijuana and money laundering.

The defendant, Jeffrey Keith Joseph, 42, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 27 in Department 113 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

Under the terms of a negotiated settlement, he faces a minimum sentence of five years probation and 180 days in county jail, and a maximum of four years in state prison.

Joseph is the former owner of Organica, a medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City that was found to be engaged in illegal over-the-counter marijuana sales.

The DEA initiated its investigation after Organica fliers were distributed at a nearby high school.

The defendant was charged in February 2010 after a financial investigation revealed that the dispensary’s average monthly monetary intake was $400,000. In August 2009, officers seized 80 kilograms of marijuana, 450 plants, 12 kilograms of hash oil and 125 kilograms of edible marijuana products at Organica.