The Department of Justice on Oct. 10 has brought civil action against a company executive for allegedly evading U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese solar panels.
Ecosolargy is a corporation that imported solar panels into the United States and from 2014 to 2018 imported Chinese products, according to the complaint.
Ecosolargy executive Paul Bakhoum is accused of making multiple false statements between 2014 and 2018 to customs officials in order to evade tariffs meant to counter the Chinese regime’s oversupply and dumping trade practices.
Examples include solar cells that were misclassified as LED lights to evade antidumping duties, and imports incorrectly naming the country of origin as Turkey instead of China to similarly evade duties….