The scandal started with a check flushed down the toilet, a cash-stuffed bra and the arrest of Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson and his wife Leslie for alleged corruption. But the additional arrests that ensued exposed a wide-ranging tobacco and alcohol smuggling ring in the D.C. suburbs.
TPM just received the mugshots of eight people who were arrested in the Prince George’s County corruption probe. Check out our slideshow to see the players and learn more about how store owners and police allegedly teamed up to smuggle untaxed booze and cigarettes into Maryland.