Editor’s Note: The cigarette trafficking discussed below was part of an international criminal organization. See here for more detail.
By Pamela Wood
A Baltimore County councilwoman says she wants county officials to recover a $300,000 taxpayer-funded loan to a Pikesville pharmacy whose owner faces federal jail time after pleading guilty to trafficking illegal cigarettes and selling unapproved drugs.
“I am hoping that we will try and recoup those losses,” said Vicki Almond, a Democrat who represents Pikesville. “That’s a substantial amount of money that I’m certain the county could use.”
But Baltimore County officials aren’t sure whether they’ll seek repayment of the loan to Health-Way Pharmacy, whose owner, Salim Yusufov, pleaded guilty to the charges in late January.
