DaveCo Liquor Store
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DaveCo is a liquor store in Thornton, Colorado that has been named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest liquor store in the world.[1]
DaveCo became the subject of news coverage when the Colorado state government threatened to shut it down due to violations of state liquor laws in early 2010.[2]
The owner, Hani D. “Henry” Sawaged, pleaded guilty to a felony racketeering charge and will never be allowed to run a liquor store in Colorado again. He was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $1.31 million in restitution. His brothers, Ghassan D. Sawaged and Bassam D. Sawaged pleaded guilty to theft and failure to file a tax return. They served a one-year deferred sentence and were ordered to jointly pay $200,000 in restitution. Other charges against Hani Sawaged — including theft, computer crime and tax evasion — were dropped in exchange for his guilty plea to the most serious charge.[3][4]
