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A judge orders a New York man to pay $163,225 for violations of Idaho law.
Jump to full article: The Idaho Statesman, 2008-03-08
Intro: A judge in Boise has ordered an Internet tobacco seller to pay a $163,225 fine for violating state cigarette-sales laws.
Scott Maybee, of Salamanca, N.Y., was accused of violating state law by selling cigarettes not listed on an Idaho directory and by selling cigarettes at retail without obtaining a tobacco permit from the Department of Health and Welfare.
Maybee sold more than two million cigarettes in violation of Idaho law, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Maybee sells cigarettes over the Internet under several names, including smartsmoker.com, ordersmokesdirect.com and buycheapcigarettes.com. . . .
A Boise lawyer for Maybee says Maybee reported his sales to the state, unlike most out-of-state dealers who do not.
J. Walter Sinclair, a principal in the Stoel Rives law firm, said he would appeal Sticklen's ruling. He said tobacco makers may seek to reduce payments to Idaho under a decade-old nationwide tobacco settlement if the state fails to enforce these laws against other dealers.
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