A tobacco wholesaler with businesses in Berlin, Hamden, Danbury, Massachusetts and a large distribution warehouse in Pennsylvania faces federal charges that he cheated Connecticut and Massachusetts of an estimated $43 million in tobacco tax revenue. Syed I. Bokhari, 50, of Middletown, was charged Friday in federal court in Boston in a 32-count indictment that alleges wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, trafficking in contraband smokeless tobacco, money laundering and violation of the federal Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act.
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