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Tobacco Importer Charged with Failure to Pay Federal Excise Taxes

Posted 10/21/2016

Tobacco Importer Charged with Failure to Pay Federal Excise Taxes The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida has announced that Gitano Pierre Bryant, Jr., 55, of Palmetto Bay, Florida has been arrested and charged with evading $13 million in federal taxes on imported cigars.

A copy of the press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida; click here to view it.

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Page last reviewed/updated: 10/21/2016

TTB | News | South Florida Tobacco Importer Charged with Failure to Pay over $13 Million in Federal Excise Taxes

Tobacco Importer Charged with Failure to Pay Federal Excise Taxes