From: 101.3 FM WMSK
ASHLAND — Three Kentuckians and two Russian nationals are among those convicted of schemes to defraud federal, state and local governments, nationwide, of cigarette excise taxes totaling approximately $48 million dollars.
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According to court documents and evidence at trial, the defendants operated mail order or internet businesses engaged in the delivery sales of cigarettes to customers in all fifty states. Maddux and Carman operated a cigarette mail order business known as YKTR, which sold domestically manufactured cigarettes to United States customers. YKTR also fulfilled cigarette orders for Julie and Anthony Coscia, who operated a business known as Cigarette Girl, for David White, who operated a business known as AA Discount Cigarettes, and for Michael Smith, who operated a business known as Payless Enterprises.
