Mississippi Business Journal » cigarette http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Two men, tobacco company indicted for contraband cigarettes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/two-men-tobacco-company-indicted-for-contraband-cigarettes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-men-tobacco-company-indicted-for-contraband-cigarettes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/two-men-tobacco-company-indicted-for-contraband-cigarettes/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:16:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74829 OXFORD — Two Kentucky men and a tobacco company have been indicted for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of contraband cigarettes. David Brian Cooper, 47, George Bertram, 53, both of Jamestown, Ky., and Tantus Tobacco Co of Russell Springs, Ky., pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oxford. Trial is scheduled for [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/two-men-tobacco-company-indicted-for-contraband-cigarettes/feed/ 0 Tobacco companies win, have decision overturned http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/tobacco-companies-win-have-decision-overturned/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tobacco-companies-win-have-decision-overturned http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/tobacco-companies-win-have-decision-overturned/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:19:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72808 JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sided with tobacco companies who argued that a state tax on cigarettes sold at retail outlets outside the state was unfair. Yesterday’s decision overturned a 2011 decision by a Hinds County judge who found the tax fair. However, the issue is moot because lawmakers repealed the tax in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/tobacco-companies-win-have-decision-overturned/feed/ 0 Man gets three years in prison for contraband cigarettes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/man-gets-three-years-in-prison-for-contraband-cigarettes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-gets-three-years-in-prison-for-contraband-cigarettes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/man-gets-three-years-in-prison-for-contraband-cigarettes/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:54:45 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65015 OXFORD — An Arkansas man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the trafficking of contraband cigarettes. James B. Trosper, of Rogers Ark., pleaded guilty in 2011 to three counts involving the scheme. WTVA-TV reports Trosper was sentenced in federal court in Oxford. Prosecutors said Trosper and others were involved [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/man-gets-three-years-in-prison-for-contraband-cigarettes/feed/ 0 Indiana man gets house arrest for role in illegal tobacco scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/indiana-man-gets-house-arrest-for-role-in-illegal-tobacco-scheme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indiana-man-gets-house-arrest-for-role-in-illegal-tobacco-scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/indiana-man-gets-house-arrest-for-role-in-illegal-tobacco-scheme/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:11:12 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=60610 ABERDEEN — Authorities say an Indiana man has been sentenced in Mississippi to six months on house arrest for making false records related to cigarette sales. Authorities say in a news release that 56-year-old Jack Settles of Indianapolis was sentenced in U.S. District in Aberdeen. He pleaded guilty in January to one count of making [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/indiana-man-gets-house-arrest-for-role-in-illegal-tobacco-scheme/feed/ 0 Tennessee man to be sentenced for role in contraband cigarette scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/tennessee-man-to-be-sentenced-for-role-in-contraband-cigarette-scheme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tennessee-man-to-be-sentenced-for-role-in-contraband-cigarette-scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/tennessee-man-to-be-sentenced-for-role-in-contraband-cigarette-scheme/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:11:35 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=59026 TUPELO — A Tennessee man will be sentenced July 30 for his role in routing tobacco through Mississippi to avoid taxes, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports. Randy Benham of Cordova, Tenn., pleaded guilty in 2009 in U.S. District Court to counts of fraud, false statements and money laundering. Benham, along with Jerry G. Burke [...]

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