Saturday, February 06, 2010
Tobacco Dealer Seeks Affidavits
KENTUCKY....
Online cigarette dealer Chavez Inc., a Louisville-based tobacco dealer, is seeking to have a federal judge unseal affidavits backing at least 20 search warrants executed on the company's Louisville, Stockton, California and Denver, Colorado offices and on multiple banks where the business had accounts. On December 8th, federal investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Postal Service inspectors seized $4 million in tobacco products, along with the company's computers, business records, cars and bank accounts. They say Chavez Inc. sold contraband cigarettes outside the state of Kentucky online and through a toll-free number while avoiding paying local, state and federal taxes. A lawyer representing the dealer says the company sold less than 10,000 cigarettes per shipment, meaning a Kentucky tax stamp wasn't required.
Online cigarette dealer Chavez Inc., a Louisville-based tobacco dealer, is seeking to have a federal judge unseal affidavits backing at least 20 search warrants executed on the company's Louisville, Stockton, California and Denver, Colorado offices and on multiple banks where the business had accounts. On December 8th, federal investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Postal Service inspectors seized $4 million in tobacco products, along with the company's computers, business records, cars and bank accounts. They say Chavez Inc. sold contraband cigarettes outside the state of Kentucky online and through a toll-free number while avoiding paying local, state and federal taxes. A lawyer representing the dealer says the company sold less than 10,000 cigarettes per shipment, meaning a Kentucky tax stamp wasn't required.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 1:38 AM 
