ATF Agents Smuggled Millions of Dollars from Cigarette Sales into a Secret Bank Account

Breitbart ^ | 23 Feb 2017 | by Katherine Rodriguez

[eyeamok]

The secret account is at the center of a federal racketeering lawsuit brought on by a collective of tobacco farmers who say they were cheated out of $24 million.

[eyeamok]

Why in the HELL is this Agency still around? And why in the Hell aren't EVERY LAST AGENT, SUPERVISOR,CLERK,... Involved ROTTING IN FEDERAL PRISON with No Bail awaiting Trial and Facing LIFE IN PRISON???

Where in hell is CONGRESS and why do they refuse to reign these Rogue Government Criminal Enterprises?

[riverrunner]

Because they like what they do.

[gaijin]

Apology for Waco culpability - Cut ATF 50%

No Apology - Eliminate ATF completely

[easternsky]

And they are all getting a portion of the Money

[Sasparilla]

The thought is that ATF should be a convenience store.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Shocked, shocked I tell you.

Reverse Tobacco Road.

[Fiddlstix]

Get Rid Of The BATF ASAP!! Probably The Most Corrupt Agency Of The Government!

[Secret Agent Man]

fuching f troop

rico the living sh1t out of batfe

[House Atreides]

Much of the ATF is nothing more than an ongoing criminal enterprise within a larger ongoing criminal enterprise encompassing multiple DOJ agency components.

[Secret Agent Man]

cdc and epa and fannie mae/freddie mac and irs all vying for most corrupt with batfe

[Secret Agent Man]

forgot fda, them too

[blueplum]

An export company working with the ATF placed an international order for cigarettes not subject to any American taxes. Big South, the tobacco distributor bought by the tobacco cooperative of farmers that make up U.S. Tobacco, would ship bottled water and potato chips instead of cigarettes to make it look like cigarettes were being exported.

Jason Carpenter and Christopher Small, the owners of Big South and ATF informants, bought the tobacco at a slight markup through a private bank account before they sold the tobacco back to Big South at a higher markup.

I got the first paragraph, but the second is confusing. Are the author talking about two different product transactions or should "tobacco" be in quotes, since the "tobacco" is really chips and bottled water?

And how did chips and bottled water get thru customs scantron screening when it was labeled 'cigarettes' ? They certainly wouldn't look the same - or smell the same.

And what 'informant' information was so valuable it warranted shelling out a cool half mil of money that belonged to the taxpayers?

[Rusty0604]

Alcohol, tobacco and firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency.

[LouAvul]

Time to abolish the ATF.

[BuffaloJack]

Drain the swamp.

[Fiddlstix]

I’m still trying to understand why BATFE IS A “Branch” OF The “Internal Revenue Service”!!?

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

I’m still trying to understand why BATFE IS A “Branch” OF The “Internal Revenue Service”!!?

Because the BATFE is tasked with collecting cash to pay for Federal tax stamps issued to purchasers of Class III firearms.

Regards,
GtG

[keving]

Is marijuana taxed like tobacco?

[blueunicorn6]

Kneel! Kneel before your government employee gods! Bring them offerings of bribes and bonuses lest they smite you!

[Flaming Conservative]

I read the whole article. This excerpt makes it sound like th agents did this for personal gain, but it was a fund to use to do sting operations, and other enforcement methods.