The Department of Justice reports that a New Jersey company has agreed to pay $3.1 million plus interest after its owner pleaded guilty to mislabeling imported hazardous chemicals and evading customs duties.
According to a DOJ press release, the owner admitted that for more than five years he participated in a scheme to defraud through which he caused mislabeled chemicals, including hazardous chemicals, to enter the U.S. from China. This scheme resulted in an underpayment of $1.4 million in customs duties.
The company itself was charged with violating the False Claims Act by conspiring with a Chinese vendor to mislabel the chemicals and to use falsified documents submitted to the company's customs brokers. As part of the settlement the company admitted that it mislabeled the chemicals in connection with their importation into the U.S.
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