Indian in US Convicted for Selling Counterfeit Cigarettes

Editor’s Note: The story below highlights the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations’s leadership in protecting consumers from contraband products and in protecting children from tobacco; counterfeit and other contraband cigarette vendors sell to kids.

From: NDTV

Press Trust of India

Washington:  An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of selling counterfeit cigarettes in the United States.

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“A key part of FDA’s mission is to protect consumers from counterfeit products — including cigarettes — that the agency regulates,” said Robert J West, Acting Special Agent in Charge, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations’ Miami Field Office.

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