Plastic Resin Importers to Pay $6.8M to Settle False Claims Act Case
Importers Global Plastics and Marco Polo International agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to pay customs duties on plastic resin from China, DOJ announced. The U.S. said Global Plastics and Marco Polo, both subsidiaries of MGI International, received credit for "cooperating with the government."
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In 2024, MGI and its subsidiaries told CBP and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire that Global Plastics and Marco Polo failed to properly declare the country of origin and value of certain plastic resin entries made in China starting in 2019. MGI continued to cooperate with the government's investigation by self-disclosing potential FCA violations, performing a "thorough and independent internal investigation," preserving and disclosing relevant facts not known by the government and "implementing appropriate remedial actions."
The remedial actions taken by MGI include "disciplining personnel and making improvements to compliance procedures."