A federal grand jury has formally charged 10 defendants who allegedly were caught buying contraband cigarettes during an undercover sting. Federal prosecutors announced the indictments Thursday. They say the operation used a warehouse in the Chicago suburb of Hickory Hills to trade cash and drugs for unstamped, untaxed cigarettes.
The defendants allegedly paid more than $20 million for 100 million contraband cigarettes during a two-year period. Some of the defendants face additional charges of selling counterfeit tax stamps, distribution of cocaine, filing false tax returns and money laundering. The new indictments stem from an undercover investigation that previously led to federal charges against a veteran Cook County sheriff's police officer. Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in the sting.
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