DOJ signals hard line on duty evasion as tariff regime firms up

Settlement of $12.4m under False Claims Act shows tariff evasion will be pursued as fraud.

Allied Stone, a Texas-based importer of countertops and cabinetry, and its president have agreed to pay $12.4m to settle allegations that they skirted antidumping and countervailing duties on quartz surfaces shipped from China.

Prosecutors said the firm deliberately misdeclared imports to avoid tariffs designed to prevent dumping, and to offset

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