Milwaukee Electric Tool (a/k/a/ Milwaukee Tool, a/k/a/ METCO) was slapped up by the Feds.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an enforcement action against a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company last year, which persons familiar with the matter say could foreshadow criminal charges against the company or its employees for tariff evasion.
The company, called Milwaukee Tool, is headquartered in Milwaukee but is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries,...
... Customs and Border Protection launched a federal investigation into Milwaukee Tool last year after the Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity filed a complaint alleging that the company was transshipping products manufactured in China to the United States through Taiwan and Vietnam, the coalition told the Washington Examiner....
That may not be the end of it.
...Department of Homeland Security officials tell the Washington Examiner that, based on the withholding of information, it is likely that the Trump administration is pursuing a broader, cross-department investigation into Milwaukee Tool in the hopes of bringing criminal charges before a grand jury.
"If there's nothing out in public, I would be leaning that it's headed in that direction, probably, because there's definitely going to be fines involved for violations of all the paperwork, everything to do with State Department and Commerce and what you're supposed to be filing, but there could actually be a potential criminal action in this case," one source, granted anonymity to discuss department operations, explained. "If the DOJ is on it, then that investigation takes no less than a year before they decide to bring it to a grand jury to move on it."...
Hmmmmm.
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