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acy or Elk. .~ REQUEST FOR ACTION River To Ci Council Item Number ~ . 1 . Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Administration December 17, 2007 Jeff Beahen, Police Chief Tina Allard, Ci Clerk Item Description Reviewed by Consider Tobacco License for Steve's Smoke Shop, Inc.-Sabry Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Wazwaz Reviewed by Peter Beck, Ci Attorne Action Requested Council motion to approve or deny renewal of a tobacco license to Sabry Wazwaz for Steve's Smoke Shop, Inc. Council direction on whether to proceed with revocation of the tobacco license for Steve's Smoke Shop, Inc. Background/Discussion Sabry Mohamed Wazwaz is requesting renewal for 2008 of his tobacco license for Steve's Smoke Shop, Inc., located at 19112 Freeport Street. On October 16, 2007, staff sent a letter to Mr. Wazwaz advising him that the city would revoke the license to sell tobacco at this address because the license holder is no longer eligible to hold a license to sell tobacco within the city. This finding was based upon the fact that Mr. Wazwaz pled guilty on August 28, 2007 to a felony charge in a federal indictment, which reads: `From in or about 1996 through and including the date of this Indictment, in the State and District of Minnesota, the defendant and others, did unlau fully, willfully and kno~vin~ conspire, combine, confederate and agree with each other and with other persons known and unknown to the grand jury to: A. Defraud the United States ofAmerica by impeding, impairing obstructing, and defeating the lawful governmental functions of the II~.S and the Treasury Department of the United States in the ascertainment, computation, assessment, and collection of tax revenue by concealing the true sources, amounts and disposition of income received by each of the defendants by virtue of their ownership and control of the retail tobacco stores listed in paragraphs 609 above; and B. Commit mail and wire fraud through a scheme and art~ce to defraud the State of Minnesota of its sale tax revenues, and to obtain money and property from the State of Minnesota by means of material false and fraudulent representations and promises, by ystematically underreporting the dollar value of cigarettes sold at each of the retail tobacco stores listed in paragraphs 609 above, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1341 and 1343. " S:\Council\Clerk\Tobacco\2007\Wazwaz 121207.doc