Rather than treating duty evasion solely as a customs enforcement matter, the Justice Department increasingly is using the False Claims Act as a civil fraud tool to recover unpaid tariffs and antidumping duties. The approach exposes importers—and potentially their executives—to substantially greater financial liability than traditional customs penalties while encouraging whistleblowers to bring cases.
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