A third-party supplier to a major multi-channel electronic retailer pled guilty in U.S. federal court to the criminal charge of intentionally defrauding the United States of more than $1 million in customs duties. The supplier, Fai Po Jewellery (H.K.) Co., Ltd. (“Fai Po”), was ordered to pay nearly $2 million in criminal fines and restitution and placed on probation for a period of
three years.(1)

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