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Metropolis Farms' CEO Jack Griffin is either the farmer of the future or a fantastic fraud

Jack Griffin's backers are suing him for fraud, accusing him of diverting over $1 million to his personal accounts. They've also outed him as an ex-felon and are publicly calling him a "career criminal." Others say he exaggerated his education credentials and his crop projections.

In this Feb. 2017 photo, Jack Griffin tends to a hydroponic rack holding plants at South Philadelphia's Metropolis Farms as Lee Weingrad trims basil to his left.
In this Feb. 2017 photo, Jack Griffin tends to a hydroponic rack holding plants at South Philadelphia's Metropolis Farms as Lee Weingrad trims basil to his left.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
    by Sam Wood
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