Russell Springs-based Tantus Tobacco must pay $750,000 in restitution and forfeitures after pleading guilty to conspiracy to engage in contraband cigarette trafficking. The firm admitted to assisting cigarette brokers Jerry Burke and Charles Wells in avoiding taxes, according to a report by the Associated Press. Tantus, which makes Golden Harvest, Millennium and Red Buck cigars, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley. The company will pay $200,000 to the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet…
