Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Prison guard accused in tobacco smuggling, bribery scheme

August 6, 2015 by admin News 0 comments

A prison guard was indicted on bribery charges Wednesday for allegedly smuggling tobacco to inmates at a federal prison in Leavenworth. Michael Harston, 52, was charged in U.S. District Court in Kansas City with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and four counts of accepting bribes. According to federal prosecutors, Harston took bribes between October 2013 and August 2014 in exchange for carrying contraband tobacco into United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth.

http://www.ottawaherald.com/news/state_news/prison-guard-accused-in-tobacco-smuggling-bribery-scheme/article_bc4a6d00-36af-536e-9032-5d99cb8eca0f.html

Prev
Next

Related Posts

Canada’s contraband problem is about much more than lost revenue
December 10, 2014

A large market, along with relatively easy retail, low enforcement priority and...

Fake Indian currency of Rs 1 crore face value seized in Surat, 5 arrested
November 25, 2019

The Crime Branch of Gujarat Police has arrested five people here and seized fake...

Expired food items, cosmetics worth Rs 1.25 crore seized in Thane district
September 3, 2024

Thane, Sep 3 (PTI) Police have seized expired food items, cosmetics and other...

Bengaluru police bust fake hand sanitizer manufacturing racket, arrest two men.
March 21, 2020

The Central Crime Branch sleuths have seized 8,500 bottles of hand sanitisers...