From: WTVR.com CBS 6
RICHMOND, Va. – A Chesterfield man faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for his role in a crime that involved $19.8 million worth of cigarettes. Mohamed Seid Ahmed Mohamed, 56, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to traffic in contraband cigarettes, according to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Mohamed used his role as owner of City Cigarettes in Richmond to buy 440,000 cartons of cigarettes from wholesale stores between 2011 and 2014 without paying the applicable Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax.
