Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Transporting Stolen Cigarettes
KENTUCKY...
Federal prosecutors in northern Mississippi say a Florida man has pleaded guilty to money laundering and transporting stolen cigarettes as part of a multistate contraband operation. Court documents show 38-year-old Mitchell Sivina of Doral, Fla., has cooperated with investigators. Authorities say about $2 million worth of cigarettes were stolen in 2006 from a truck stop parking lot in Walton, Ky. They say the cigarettes were taken to Florida before going to a Mississippi warehouse. Prosecutors say some of the stolen cigarettes went back to Kentucky and others were intercepted on the way to Indiana. Records show Sivina remains free on $15,000 bond. He waived indictment before pleading guilty Monday in U.S. District court in Oxford, Miss.
Federal prosecutors in northern Mississippi say a Florida man has pleaded guilty to money laundering and transporting stolen cigarettes as part of a multistate contraband operation. Court documents show 38-year-old Mitchell Sivina of Doral, Fla., has cooperated with investigators. Authorities say about $2 million worth of cigarettes were stolen in 2006 from a truck stop parking lot in Walton, Ky. They say the cigarettes were taken to Florida before going to a Mississippi warehouse. Prosecutors say some of the stolen cigarettes went back to Kentucky and others were intercepted on the way to Indiana. Records show Sivina remains free on $15,000 bond. He waived indictment before pleading guilty Monday in U.S. District court in Oxford, Miss.
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