Customs Broker Sentenced to Jail Over Excise Tax Evasion Scheme Involving Cigars
A federal judge sentenced a customs broker to 10 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, over a federal excise tax evasion scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a news…
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release. Alberto Rodriguez, of Briarwood, New York, pleaded guilty in June to charges involving false entry summaries to misrepresent tobacco excise taxes due on large quantities of cigars (see 1806110013). Rodriguez also must pay $503,681.15 in restitution to CBP, equal to the estimated amount of tobacco excise taxes he evaded.