Third defendant pleads guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with tobacco wholesale tax fraud ring

From: MassLive

By Stephanie Barry

SPRINGFIELD – The last of three defendants pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with a $43 million tobacco wholesale tax fraud scheme.

Hasmit Kharbanda, 33, the manager of a tobacco wholesale warehouse in Danbury, Conn., pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy and three counts of contraband smokeless tobacco trafficking. He faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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