U.S.
Chinese Billionaire Indicted on Charges of Evading Nearly $2 Billion in Tariffs
Accusations that aluminum mogul Liu Zhongtian committed fraud and money laundering come during tense trade talks between the two countries
China Zhongwang founder Liu Zhongtian, at a company plant in 2009, is accused of conspiring to smuggle aluminum into the U.S. Photo: Imaginechina/Associated Press
By Dan Frosch and Scott Patterson
Updated July 31, 2019 12:53 pm ET
A powerful Chinese billionaire has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he evaded nearly $2 billion in tariffs as part of a conspiracy to smuggle massive quantities of aluminum into the U.S.
The indictment, which was reached in May but not unsealed until this week, accuses Liu Zhongtian, founder of Chinese aluminum giant China Zhongwang Holdings Inc., of conspiring to defraud the U.S. through a sprawling scheme spanning the company’s headquarters in Liaoning, China, ports in Los Angeles and a remote desert in Mexico. It alleges that the scheme began in 2008 and has continued to the present day.
Prosecutors said they believe it is one of the largest tariff-related cases ever brought by the Justice Department. The indictment comes as negotiations between the Trump administration and China over their ongoing trade dispute resumed this week after weeks of recriminations.
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