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• Attorney general sues Greek cigarette firm 

Just as it did last year, the state Attorney General's Office has sued a Greek company for improperly selling cigarettes in West Virginia.

In a lawsuit filed last week in Kanawha Circuit Court, the state alleges that SeKap S.A., a cigarette company based in Piraeus, Greece, failed to put money into an escrow account as required of "tobacco product manufacturers" by state law.

The suit alleges that SeKap sold 1,040,400 units of Marathon brand cigarettes and 367,600 units of GR brand cigarettes in 2007. As a cigarette maker that has not registered with the state, those sales would require the firm to put $35,348.97 into an escrow account.

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