Chinese used L.A. as base for audacious aluminum scam that cost U.S. $1.8 billion, feds say

A 24-count indictment lays out a billionaire’s scheme to import Chinese aluminum disguised as pallets to skirt tariffs and engineer bogus sales to inflate his company’s revenues.

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-31/chinese-aluminum-scam-used-southern-california-as-base
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