February 7, 2023

Samsung C&T America, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Korean conglomerate Samsung C&T Corporation, has agreed to pay $1 million after admitting that it deliberately misclassified and underpaid customs duties on imported footwear by inaccurately stating their materials and construction.  The violations of the False Claims Act occurred between 2016 and 2018, and involved footwear imported from China and Vietnam.  USAO SDNY

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