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Company: KingKong-Tools GmbH & Co KG
Penalty: $1,900,000
Year: 2023
Date: November 29, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: trade violations
Violation Description: A German company, KingKong-Tools GmbH & Co KG, and its American subsidiary, King Kong Tools, LLC agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations of customs fraud under the False Claims Act. The government alleged that King Kong was falsely labelling its tools as made in Germany when, in fact, the tools were made in China. By misrepresenting the origin of the tools, King Kong avoided paying higher tariffs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Northern District of Georgia
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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