On February 12, 2015, theDepartment of Justice (DOJ)announced that three U.S.-based importers had agreed to pay more than $3 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by the United States under the False Claims Act (FCA) alleging that they had made false declarations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and conspired with other domestic companies to make false declarations to CBP in order avoid paying “antidumping” and “countervailing” duties. No government contracts were involved. These were “reverse” FCA claims based upon underpayment of duties for private sector import transactions. More
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