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Jump to full article: North Country (NY) Gazette (blog), 2008-06-06
Intro: ALBANY--A federal indictment has been opened against 27 illegal cigarette traffickers who allegedly laundered money, sold millions of counterfeit tax stamps and purchased large quantities of cigarettes in Virginia for resale in New York and Michigan.The 17-month-long investigation concluded late Tuesday when nine indictments against the 27 people, 21 of whom are from New York City or Yonkers, were returned in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The long-term investigation was conducted by New York State Department of Taxation and Finance investigators working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, federal agents from ATF and IRS in Richmond, investigators from the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Board and the King George County Sheriff’s Department, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Charges against the 27 people included criminal conspiracy, trafficking in contraband cigarettes, money laundering and felony possession of firearms and ammunition. Nineteen of the suspects are in custody. . . .
Charged with criminal conspiracy, trafficking in contraband cigarettes and money laundering are:
-Suliman Al-Ghananim, 46, and Roxanne Al-Ghananim, 42, both of the Bronx.
-Rafea Alnablsi, 41, of Woodhaven, Queens.
-Omar Mannaee, 31, of Yonkers.
-Maeen Graber, 26, of Hamtramch, Michigan.
-Mousa Alhadad, 29, of Hamtramch, Michigan.
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