LOS ANGELES—A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced on March 27 to five years and three months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle as much as $200 million worth of counterfeit products into the United States through the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.
Daniel Hoffman, 43, of Hacienda Heights, was convicted in October 2025 of conspiracy to commit smuggling, two counts of unlawful removal of a custom seal and two counts of smuggling relating to two shipping containers.
Along with the prison term, he was ordered to pay $414,348 in restitution.
Hoffman was one of nine people indicted in Los Angeles federal court in December 2024 and charged with working in the supply chain for a group that coordinated the shipping and transportation of counterfeit shoes, perfume, luxury handbags and watches into the U.S. from China….