Kan. Attorney Pleads Guilty in Cigarette Trafficking Scheme

From: Hay’s Post

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –A Wichita attorney is among five defendants who have pleaded guilty in federal court this week to their roles in a multi-million dollar scheme to transport hundreds of thousands of cartons of contraband cigarettes from the Kansas City, Mo., area to the state of New York, where they were sold primarily on Indian reservations according to Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Harry Najim, 67, of Wichita, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to failing to file a Form 8300 related to his representation of a client involved in the scheme, who was actually an undercover federal agent.

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