Recognize the Red Flags

Recognize the Red Flags

Double invoices

Creating separate sets of documents to provide to government agencies and to importers is an indication that one or both sets were manipulated to avoid paying customs duties.

Over-insuring shipments compared to the declared value

Insurance will only pay out the provable value of lost shipments, so an unusually over-insured shipment suggests that the true value is higher than reported.

Goods don’t match the description

Some schemes involve misclassifying the goods as a plausibly similar item to avoid higher duties or tariffs on specific materials.

Needless rerouting through other countries

Duties are assessed by the country of origin, so fraudsters may divert shipments to another country and falsely claim that the product was manufactured there.
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Know If You Have a Case

Examples of Customs Fraud

  • Valuation Fraud
  • Misclassification of Goods
  • False Country-of-Origin
  • Structuring/Splitting Shipments

Why Experience Matters

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Hirst Law Group has extensive experience in helping whistleblowers  with customs fraud cases. Our past clients include corporate executives, competitors, customs brokers, and more.

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