U.S. Treasury officials seized accounts belonging to two medicalmarijuana dispensaries as part of an investigation into possiblemoney laundering, according to media reports.

Local media outlets are reporting that the accounts belonged tothe One Love Wellness Center in Sacramento, Calif., and the MaryJane's Wellness dispensary in Gold River, Calif.

The CU which kept the deposits was reported to be the151,000-member, $1.8 billion SAFE Credit Union, headquartered inNorth Highlands, Calif. The credit union has not yet returned callsfor comment about the report.

According to media accounts, the Internal Revenue Service seizedthe accounts after the CU allegedly alerted government officialsthat it suspected the dispensaries of having made deposits in waythat was meant to conceal them from federal suspicious reportingrequirements.

The controversy arises about a year after the legalization ofmedical marijuana dispensaries in some states threw pushed thequestion of whether or not to accept their deposits into the lapsof some credit unions.

Several other credit unions in California and Colorado declined to accept the deposits, citing their unclear legal status.

According to media reports, no criminal charges have been filedin the case.