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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: International Vitamins Corporation
Penalty: $22,865,055
Year: 2023
Date: January 30, 2023
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: trade violations
Violation Description: The settlement resolved claims that, for years, International Vitamins Corporation defrauded the United States by misclassifying more than 30 of its products under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule in order to avoid paying customs duties and by failing to pay back duties owed to the United States even after the company finally corrected its longstanding misclassifications.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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