Thursday, February 26, 2015

Cigarette smuggling suspect pleads guilty

Latest: Corruption and Money Laundering

Cigarette smuggling suspect pleads guilty.


Samer Ramadan

West Ocean City man pleads guilty to corruption charges in massive cigarette smuggling operation.

The No. 2 man in a multimillion-dollar cigarette smuggling operation based out of West Ocean City has pleaded guilty to corruption charges and now faces prison time in New York state.
Samer Ramadan, 40, pleaded guilty June 27 to the top charge against him of enterprise corruption, according to the New York Attorney General's Office. In a statement in open court, he admitted his role in the operation run by his brother, prosecutors said, including stating that his brother ran the enterprise.
He now faces a prison sentence of two to six years, prosecutors said.

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