From: NBC Connecticut
Ten people have been arrested after agents from the state Department of Revenue Services raided a Bridgeport tobacco wholesaler accused of selling millions of dollars worth of untaxed tobacco to hundreds of Connecticut companies.
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State officials said Vaswani’s alleged ring bought tobacco in Pennsylvania and Illinois and sold more than $13 million in untaxed tobacco to around 450 retail locations in Connecticut, which resulted in the loss of $6 million in outstanding excise and sales tax/
