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...
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Category: Tariff fraud
Tariff evasion is rising, but whistleblowers are playing a key role in exposing it
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...
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$549.5 million tariff fraud False Claims Act Settlement
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...
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House Judiciary Committee passes bipartisan legislation to prosecute tariff and duty evasion, import and export restriction violations by Chinese companies
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...
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