September 28, 2015
A New York federal judge dismissed charges Friday against a Chinese resident and three companies whose top executives allegedly were involved in illegally importing magnesium that was later used by military contractors to make $42 million worth of aircraft flares, after the resolution of charges against the executives.
September 10, 2015
An executive who pled guilty to flouting an anti-dumping duty on Chinese magnesium powder used to make $42 million worth of military aircraft flares was sentenced in New York federal court Thursday to $6.2 million in restitution and jail time.
August 27, 2015
The U.S. Department of Justice told a New York federal court Wednesday that a metal company executive's son can't reclaim money his father forfeited after pleading guilty to a scheme to smuggle magnesium later supplied to a government contractor, arguing he didn't own the account from which the sum was taken.
August 21, 2015
The U.S. government told a New York federal judge Friday that a former executive should go to prison for illegally importing magnesium from China that was later sold to the military, saying he knew he was wrongly skirting customs duties.
August 17, 2015
A former business executive asked a New York federal judge Monday to spare him a prison sentence for his role in a scheme to illegally import magnesium from China to avoid customs duties, saying he was but a "dupe" in the plot.
July 16, 2015
Federal prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to sentence a Utah man to prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle Chinese magnesium into the U.S. for production of military aircraft flares that bilked the government out of millions of dollars in anti-dumping duties.
May 31, 2015
Federal prosecutors asked a New York federal judge Friday to impose a $1.9 million restitution order against a former metal powder supply company executive who knowingly avoided import duties when he helped smuggle magnesium from China used to make flares for the U.S. Department of Defense.
February 03, 2015
Two men who pled guilty to bilking the federal government out of millions of dollars in anti-dumping duties by smuggling Chinese magnesium, which was later used for $42 million worth of aircraft flares, have been ordered by a New York federal judge to return a portion of their ill-gotten gains.
January 12, 2015
A father-son pair of executives pled guilty on Monday to helping flout a 305 percent anti-dumping duty on Chinese magnesium powder that was unknowingly used by a U.S. military contractor to make $42 million worth of aircraft flares, New York federal prosecutors said.
April 03, 2012
A metal importer agreed to pay $6.2 million in restitution and pled guilty Monday to one count in an indictment claiming he flouted a 305 percent anti-dumping duty on Chinese magnesium powder that was allegedly used by U.S. military contractors to make illegal aircraft flares.