Anyclo International Inc. (Anyclo) pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging the company with evading customs duties. Anyclo was also sentenced on this charge today to a criminal fine of $250,000 and ordered to pay restitution to the United States in the amount of $2.05 million.
Anyclo admitted that from Oct. 5, 2012, to Aug. 5, 2019, it evaded customs duties on clothing and apparel that it manufactured abroad and imported into the United States. Anyclo perpetrated the scheme by preparing two invoices for the same shipments: an accurate invoice provided to U.S. purchasers, and a false invoice undervaluing the goods that Anyclo furnished to U.S. Customs. By falsely undervaluing its merchandise, Anyclo drastically underpaid customs duties that it owed based on the true value of those goods.
The civil settlement with Anyclo resolves a lawsuit filed under the whistleblower provision of the False Claims Act, which permits private parties, called relators, to file suit on behalf of the United States for false claims and share in a portion of the government’s recovery. The relator, Yang Sup Cha, will receive 18 percent of the civil settlement amount recovered by the United States pursuant to the False Claims Act.
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