By Aaron Nicodemus2025-07-24T15:33:00
Recent enforcement actions by U.S. agencies overseeing customs payments and export control laws indicate increased scrutiny of business transactions between U.S. and Chinese companies.
In the most recent example, two subsidiaries of a New York-based plastics manufacturer will pay $6.8 million to settle False Claims Act violations for failing to pay customs duties on resin from China.
MGI International’s subsidiaries, Global Plastics and Marco Polo International, self-disclosed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire that they failed to name the correct country of origin, and failed to pay the correct customs duties, on plastic resin imported from China between 2019 and 2024.
2025-07-29T16:04:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A Florida wireless company and its chief executive officer will pay more than $128 million to settle civil and criminal allegations that they defrauded a federal low-income telecommunications program, according to the Department of Justice.
2025-05-23T16:46:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Thousands of computers and other consumer electronic devices imported into the U.S. that were certified as safe by foreign laboratories have been identified as having links to the Chinese government or military, Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said Thursday in announcing an order to close the security ...
2024-10-30T14:17:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a final rule–and created a new division to oversee it–that will attempt to limit outbound investments to China related to sensitive technologies with military applications.
2025-10-02T16:32:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accused business credit reporting company Dun & Bradstreet of failing to comply with the commission’s 2022 order.
2025-10-02T15:22:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) terminated two consent orders with mortgage lenders in September as the agency’s enforcement power shrinks under Trump-era cuts.
2025-09-26T19:28:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Amazon settled a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Thursday over allegedly enrolling consumers into its Amazon Prime subscription and making it difficult to cancel. The FTC says the amount of the settlement is one of the biggest in its history.
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