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To: TobagoJack who wrote (93954)8/28/2012 1:30:48 AM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 218659
 
Our local U.S. customs office just busted some HK gold smugglers...

Jeweler fined for customs deception
adn.com

Published: August 25th, 2012 10:49 PM

A Hong Kong jewelry company has been fined $800,000 for defrauding U.S. Customs of more than $1 million.

Fai Po Jewellery (H.K.) Co. LTD entered its plea and was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Anchorage.

The company also must pay just over $1 million in restitution and the costs of the investigation, more than $144,000.


The U.S. attorney's office for Alaska says that the company prepared two invoices for every shipment of gold to U.S. buyers. One, with the true amount, was sent to the buyer but an invoice that undervalued the goods was sent with the shipment through customs.
Officials say that by doing that, the company avoided full payment of U.S. Customs duties from March 2007 through October 2009.
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