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Another Guilty Plea In Blue Stilly Contraband Cigarette Scheme

Robert Stuber, 60, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments in connection with a scheme to cheat the state of Washington of taxes owed on cigarettes.

Stuber admits that between January 2005 and May 2007, his business, Cowlitz Candy & Tobacco Co., Inc., of Longview, sold more than 1 million cartons of contraband cigarettes online to the Blue Stilly Smoke Shop near Arlington. Neither Stuber's company nor Blue Stilly paid state taxes on the cigarettes, which totaled more than $20 million.

In November, three Stillaguamish Tribal members and a spouse of a tribal member pleaded guilty to selling contraband cigarettes and avoiding $25 million in taxes at the Blue Stilly Smoke Shop. Edward Goodridge, Sr., 60, Linda Loy Goodridge, 59, and their son Edward Goodridge, Jr., 33, all of Arlington, and a cousin Sara Lee Schroedl, 40, of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in contraband discount cigarettes and engaging in monetary transactions and are scheduled to be sentenced on March 16.

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