Mississippi Business Journal » contraband http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +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 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 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/25/tennessee-man-to-be-sentenced-for-role-in-contraband-cigarette-scheme/feed/ 0 Man pleads guilty to role in contraband tobacco scam http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/man-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-contraband-tobacco-scam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-contraband-tobacco-scam http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/man-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-contraband-tobacco-scam/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:40:26 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=49704 TUPELO — A South Carolina man is the latest person to plead guilty to federal charges related to a scheme to avoid paying taxes on thousands of packs of cigarettes. Fred Brackett of Lancaster pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court. The indictment in the case says Bracket bought more than 188,000 cartons of cigarettes [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/man-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-contraband-tobacco-scam/feed/ 0 Illegal tobacco to be sold http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/07/13/illegal-tobacco-to-be-sold/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illegal-tobacco-to-be-sold http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/07/13/illegal-tobacco-to-be-sold/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:42:40 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=1635 JACKSON — The state House and Senate have passed a bill that would authorize State Auditor Stacey Pickering and Tax Commissioner Ed Morgan to sell tobacco seized in an undisclosed warehouse found in Mississippi in April. The estimated retail value of the contraband tobacco is $20 million and the unpaid state taxes total over $5 [...]

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