From: WMAR Baltimore | ABC 2
A Maryland man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to possess and distribute over $6.6 million in contraband cigarettes, according to Justice Department officials.
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Rakhamimov also distributed Oxycodone, prescription drugs, counterfeit prescription drugs and other drugs as partial payment for contraband cigarettes and in exchange for cash. He received over $350 thousand in cash in 15 drug transactions. Additionally, in October 2013, Rakhamimov sold 340 pills of Oxycodone and 1,000 pills of counterfeit Cialis to an individual who paid him $38,980 in cash.