Jerry Burke, 67, of Tupelo and Randy Benham, 43, of Cordova, Tenn., waived indictment and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper in Greenville to carrying out a scheme to defraud federal and state governments, making false monthly tobacco reports and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee said in a news release.
Burke agreed to forfeit more than $1.6 million in cash along with a 1982 Beech C90 Turbo Prop Airplane, valued at more than $700,000, and two Chevrolet Suburbans.
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11/25/9
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