Tobacco Scheme Nets 2 Arrests

(New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Two men are being charged with defrauding the state out of nearly $6-million in a scheme to bypass the tax on tobacco products imported into the state.
A grand jury in federal court in Bridgeport returned a 13-count indictment on Thursday charging 39-year-old Pavan Vaswani of West Haven and 45-year-old Rishi Malik formerly of Fairfield.
In the indictment, Vaswani operated KDV Discounts, a wholesale tobacco business in Bridgeport. Malik operated Connecti