Justice Department Prepares Crackdown on Trump Tariff Violators
Source: Bloomberg
July 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM EDT
Federal prosecutors are laying the groundwork to criminally charge companies and individuals that try to evade US tariffs as President Donald Trump readies a fresh round of levies next week.
American customs officials have long sought to thwart attempts to avoid duties using relatively common schemes like changing the country of origin on imports or misclassifying goods on forms. However, such issues historically have been handled through fines or civil settlements and seldom by criminal prosecution.
But now, the Justice Department says it’s adding “significant personnel” to a new unit to focus on trade fraud and other corporate crimes. Meanwhile, prosecutors at US attorneys offices have been requesting records of transactions involving foreign goods during the Biden administration as they look to build cases — setting up a potential blueprint for moving against those accused of shirking new tariffs.
“While some negligent acts or administrative errors may be more appropriately handled civilly, criminal enforcement is appropriate for significant violations of law,” said Matthew Galeotti, who heads the department’s criminal division. “When importers cheat, for example, by undervaluing goods or misstating the country of origin, they avoid the full cost of importing products into the US.”
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Dave turned them over and called out the Made in China tag. 
Letterman was (and still is) a riot!! 
But then he got into it with Dave over "the mosque at Ground Zero." I was glad I watched since Dave (who claimed to know nothing about politics) really straightened him out. For my job, I was responsible for the TV listings for CBS so I had to call the publicist to schedule Letterman's guests. And in the early 2000s I was in Letterman's studio audience. Dave was great but his guest was disappointing - Dr. Phil. 
and he was featured in it regularly during that time, so at least my household knew all about him. In the '90s, he started getting involved in the Atlantic City casinos and then more recently, when PA legalized gambling, he put in a bid to build a casino here in Philly (back in 2005). 
Thankfully that was rejected!
Donald Trump Once Tried to Open a Casino in Philly with Boyz II Men and Pat Croce
And after the Towers fell, wasn't he boasting that his was now the highest building?? And I have Mary Trump's first two books. She told about all his casinos failing. At one point his father sent his driver to one of the casinos to buy $3 million in chips. The casino still folded and the father was fined for not having a gaming license. 
was in the process of buying 45's Taj Mahal Casino in AC that was in bankruptcy (after which Icahn then sold it), one of my sisters did a weekend trip with my niece and stayed there in an ocean front room, because it was really really cheap (they were in the process of getting ready to shut down). There were pics out there later, of workers removing his name from the hotel. It's now a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino!
