Importers Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Evading $42M in Customs Duties

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Importers Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Evading $42M in Customs Duties

The conspirators allegedly transshipped Chinese-manufactured merchandise through Malaysia, then falsely declared its country of origin as Malaysia instead of China when importing it into the United States A federal court has sentenced a Florida couple to five years in prison for fraudulently evading $42.4 million in customs duties on imports of Chinese plywood. According to prosecutors, the pair caused the

Importer Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit alleging it Failed to Pay Marking Duties.

Customs-Fraud Whistleblower receives $115K Award. Drug distributor Danco Laboratories has agreed to pay $765,000 to resolve a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay marking duties on products it imported from China without country-of-origin labels. Imports are required to be labeled with their “country of origin,” meaning the country where the product was manufactured or produced or

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Importers Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Evading $42M in Customs Duties