Former President of Cherokee Tobacco and Firebird Manufacturing Indicted

According to the April 7, 2015 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia, Kathryn Crabtree Farley, 46, of Halifax, Virginia, was indicted last week on charges including 22 counts of fraudulent refusal to pay or evasion of over $13,000,000 in federal excise tax on cigarettes, as well as seven counts of violating the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act.

A copy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office press release may also be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Press inquiries to the U.S. Attorney's Office should be directed to Brian McGinn at (434) 295-8672 or by email at brian.mcginn@usdoj.gov.