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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Samsung C&T America, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Samsung
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: February 7, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: trade violations
Violation Description: The settlement resolved claims brought by the United States that between May 2016 and December 2018, SCTA violated the False Claims Act by misclassifying imported footwear under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and by not paying the full amount of customs duties owed.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: South Korea
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.