SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Massachusetts to his role in a scheme authorities say cheated the government out of $43 million in tobacco excise taxes.Jugjeev Kharbanda, of Seymour, Connecticut, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Springfield to conspiracy and trafficking in contraband smokeless tobacco.He faces sentencing on June 25.
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Tobacco Tax Scam
By Associated Press, Boston Herald
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 4:51am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Massachusetts Suffolk County Boston
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