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US Charges Tire Company With Evading Tariffs On China By AFP News
on December 16 2020 12:06 PM
US law enforcement officials charged more than a dozen people and a Texas company in connection with a decade-long scheme to evade import tariffs on Chinese-made tires, officials announced Tuesday.
The Justice Department said the joint operation found that Houston-based Winland International/Super Tire and executives conspired to avoid anti-dumping duties associated with off-the-road (OTR) and light vehicle and truck (LVT) tires from China.
They are accused of using paperwork from Chinese manufacturers that were not subject to duties, and also falsified invoices to understate the value of the imports in order to pay a lower duty, the department said in a statement.
15 Named In $26 Million International Trade Fraud Scheme [re China]
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A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas, has returned a criminal indictment against eight individuals, while a related civil complaint has charged 14 individuals and one company relating to international trade fraud violations stemming from a decade-long scheme involving tires from China.
Law enforcement arrested Zheng “Miranda” Zhou, 53, of Missouri City, and Kun “Bruce” Liu, 40, of Sugar Land, yesterday. They made their initial appearances in Houston federal court today, at which time the criminal indictment was unsealed.
Also charged in the indictment are
Qinghua “Shirley” Song, 44, of Jurupa Valley, California; and
US Tire Company Charged With Evading Tariffs on China in $26 Million Trade Fraud Scheme
More than a dozen people and a Texas-based company have been charged by U.S. law enforcement officials in connection with a decade-long scheme to evade import tariffs on tires from China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday.
Houston area Winland International/Super Tire, which purported to sell tires to retailers and consumers, and the company’s executives, “conspired to avoid anti-dumping duties associated with off-the-road (OTR) and light vehicle and truck (LVT) tires from China,” a complaint (pdf) states.
“Working through and with Winland, individuals allegedly imported OTR and LVT tires from companies that were subject to anti-dumping duties associated with Chinese tire manufacturers who had engaged in unfair trade practices in the United States,” the complaint alleges.