Automated Enforcement Intelligence
for online cannabis retailers
Forensic compliance auditing across 10,000+ online cannabis retailers. State license verification, payment processor identification, interstate shipping probes, and evidence-grade violation reports — built for law enforcement.
Six forensic tools. One evidence-grade report.
State License Verification
Every retailer checked against all 55 state and territory cannabis authority license databases (CA DCC, CO MED, WA LCB, NY OCM, and 51 more). Four-tier classification: licensed & compliant, licensed & non-compliant, gray market, confirmed illicit. Each finding cites the applicable state statute and license code.
Payment Processor Intelligence
33 processors detected through five parallel methods: network interception, iframe scanning, JS global evaluation, DOM text analysis, and unknown request capture. Each processor mapped with the specific Terms of Service section violated.
Interstate Shipping Probes
End-to-end checkout verification across all 50 jurisdictions. Two-stage: cart API zone testing then real Chromium checkout walkthrough. Verdicts: END_TO_END_CONFIRMED, ZONE_OPEN, CHECKOUT_BLOCKED, or ZONE_CLOSED — with full federal exposure assessment under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 1716.
Evidence-Grade Reports
Formal HTML/PDF enforcement reports with statute citations, product evidence tables, screenshots, interstate shipping verdicts, and recommended actions — structured for cease-and-desist letters, CIDs, legal filings, and payment processor referrals.
Four-Phase Forensic Pipeline
Phase 1: AI reconnaissance and hypothesis formation. Phase 2: Seven concurrent evidence collection tools. Phase 3: AI validation with confidence scoring. Phase 4: Formal enforcement narrative generation with uncertainty acknowledgement.
Multi-Jurisdiction Access
Role-based secure access with jurisdiction-level views across all 50 states and DC. State-by-state aggregate scores, retailer concentration maps, and triage queues for supervisory review.
Built to the standard enforcement requires
Every finding references a specific federal or state statute. Reports are structured for direct use in legal proceedings.
Each violation links to the controlling provision. No finding is issued without a citable legal basis.
Mercury AI forms hypotheses, tools collect evidence, AI validates against hypotheses, then generates the enforcement narrative — with uncertainty formally documented.
Screenshots, HTML artifacts, network captures, and license data are preserved per audit. Nothing is inferred without a citable source.
What an enforcement report actually looks like
Each audit produces a formal enforcement report with statute citations, evidence tables, processor findings, and shipping verdicts.
From AI reconnaissance to enforcement-ready report
AI Preliminary Investigation
Mercury AI reconnaissance: target identification, brand and license signal detection, risk hypothesis formation, and statute-linked suspected violations — before any evidence tools run.
Forensic Evidence Collection
Seven concurrent tools: catalog extraction, browser crawling, age-gate detection, policy scanning, interstate shipping probes, state license database lookups, and processor identification via network interception.
AI Validation & Confidence Scoring
Evidence tested against initial hypotheses. Each violation is CONFIRMED, UPGRADED, DOWNGRADED, REJECTED, or flagged UNVERIFIED. New violations surface. Evidence gaps documented.
Enforcement Report Generation
Statute citations verified, evidence linkage established, recommended actions organized by receiving agency, and uncertainty formally acknowledged in writing.
Authorized access only
Access is limited to authorized enforcement personnel. Contact hello@mercuryforensics.com to request access or report provisioning.