From: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Complaints filed in U.S. District Court in February alleged Alayat and Salahedin — and others acting on their behalf — purchased millions of dollars worth of cigarettes from Virginia wholesale club stores using cash and “structuring” the transactions to keep each purchase below $10,000 so that federal forms reporting their names would not be required.
Laila Alayat, 37, faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced Sept. 15 by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne for conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes and witness tampering.
