Importers are Now Exposed to Whistleblower Claims under the False Claims Act (FCA)
On February 12, 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that three U.S. importers had agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the United States under the False Claims Act, while alleging that the companies engaged in schemes to evade customs duties on imports of aluminum extrusions from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The companies sell shower doors and shower enclosures made with the PRC-manufactured aluminum extrusions. “The nation’s
