June 22, 2002

But did they use a

But did they use a mail truck?

Have you heard about Mohamed Hammoud and his brother Chawki?

(Yeah, that's right: Chawki.)

These guys established permanent resident status through sham marriages, and set up a "scheme" which involved buying cigarettes in North Carolina and selling them in Michigan "without paying Michigan's higher taxes." They then sent the profits to Hezbollah.

So how much money can you actually make from "cigarette smuggling" anyway? How much did Chawki score for his terrorist support cell? How much would Kramer and Newman have got from their Michigan bottle-return scam? This war, like Seinfeld, often presents more questions than answers.

Chawki.

Posted by Dr. Frank at June 22, 2002 07:11 PM | TrackBack