Federal criminal charges filed on honey fraud

Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges for a two-year investigation into honey import fraud that aimed to evade millions of dollars in duties.
Prosecutors claim that Bellevue, WA-based Rainier Cascade and Evergreen Produce imported 32 shipments of honey to the U.S. since 2002.


Twenty were apparently from China, but were relabeled to hide that fact. The illegally imported honey was worth $1.4 million, and the anti-dumping tariffs amount to more than $3.3 million, reported The Seattle PostIntelligencer.


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