White House issues a special report on tariff fraud, transshipping, and what it is costing the US

Posted on August 14, 2026

By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with ai assistance

The White House published a report that describes in detail tariff evasion related to Chinese goods imported into the United States. It relates to the country-of-origin declarations importers file with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It concludes that the United States is being cheated...

Tariff fraud in the China trade: Who is responsible, and why does it continue

Posted on August 4, 2026

By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with ai help

Every shipment that enters the United States comes with a story told on paper. Before a container is unloaded in Los Angeles, Newark, or Savannah, the importer files a set of documents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection: an entry summary, a commercial...

Trade fraud task force passes $1 Billion recoveries in charged losses in one year

Posted on July 15, 2026

By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA The Department of Justice announced today that the Trade Fraud Task Force (TFTF), launched in August 2025, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has surpassed $1 billion in civil and criminal recoveries, penalties, forfeitures, and publicly charged losses...

Tariff evasion is rising, but whistleblowers are playing a key role in exposing it

Posted on July 13, 2026

By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq., MBA (withj ai help) Tariffs only work if importers actually pay them. That sounds obvious. But as U.S. duty rates have climbed, the incentive to evade them has climbed along with them. Every percentage point added to a...

$549.5 million tariff fraud False Claims Act Settlement

Posted on June 4, 2026

By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq. MBA The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $549.5 million settlement with Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC (“Perfectus Aluminum”) and four affiliated companies (collectively, ending resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by evading customs duties.[1] The settlement is the largest trade-related...

House Judiciary Committee passes bipartisan legislation to prosecute tariff and duty evasion, import and export restriction violations by Chinese companies

Posted on June 3, 2026

By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA The House Judiciary Committee has passed bipartisan legislation targeting Chinese companies that abuse our nation’s trade laws, including tariff evasion, evasion of import and export sanctions, and money laundering. The legislation would create a new Department of Justice task...

Category: Tariff fraud

Category: Tariff fraud

White House issues a special report on tariff fraud, transshipping, and what it is costing the US

Tariff fraud in the China trade: Who is responsible, and why does it continue

Trade fraud task force passes $1 Billion recoveries in charged losses in one year

Tariff evasion is rising, but whistleblowers are playing a key role in exposing it

$549.5 million tariff fraud False Claims Act Settlement

House Judiciary Committee passes bipartisan legislation to prosecute tariff and duty evasion, import and export restriction violations by Chinese companies