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Man pleads guilty to role in contraband tobacco scam

by Associated Press Published: December 15,2011

Tags: cigarettes, contraband, courts, plea, tobacco

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 [...] [...]

Illegal tobacco to be sold (access required)

by Wally Northway Published: July 13,2009

Tags: contraband, general fund, government, illegal

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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