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CBP AD and CV Messages as of Dec. 22
December 23, 2021 |Penalties and Courts

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Dec. 22, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.

Commerce Flips Scope Finding on Remand, Excludes Door Thresholds From Extrusions Orders
December 15, 2021 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The Commerce Department found that two companies' door thresholds qualify for the finished merchandise exclusion to the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China, in a pair of remand results at the Court of International Trade, reversing its position on the issue under protest. The remand results came after a court opinion that did not agree with Commerce's original holding that the door thresholds from Worldwide Door Components and Columbia Aluminum Products were subassemblies that required further incorporation into a larger downstream product (Worldwide Door Components, Inc. v. United States, CIT #19-00012) (Columbia Aluminum Products, LLC v. United States, CIT # 19-00013).

Topics:Customs duty, Court of International Trade
Assistant AG Urges Supply Chain Due Care
December 14, 2021 |Penalties and Courts

Corporations need be careful and exercise due care when establishing their supply chains, said Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim while speaking Dec. 14 at the American Bar Association's National Environmental Enforcement Conference's Section on Environment, Energy and Resources. Kim discussed the DOJ's enforcement approach and mentioned the Lacey Act as an example. "If a corporate supply chain originates from a criminally-tainted source, then my division will consider the criminal responsibility of all parts of that supply chain," Kim said. "A corporation seeking credit for cooperation will need to identify all individuals involved in misconduct, including individuals outside the company in a supply chain. ... A corporation would be well advised to protect itself and its investments by exercising due care over its supply chain in light of the prospect of criminal sanction; the potential seizure and forfeiture of illegally-sourced timber, goods, vessels and other equipment; and the unavailability of an innocent owner defense."

Topics:Lacey Act
Former Roadrunner CFO Sentenced to Prison for Securities Fraud
December 1, 2021 |Penalties and Courts

The chief financial officer of trucking and logistics company Roadrunner Transportation Systems until 2017, Peter Armbruster, was sentenced to two years in prison "for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme," the Department of Justice said in a Dec. 1 news release. "Evidence presented at trial showed that Armbruster inflated Roadrunner’s reported income by misrepresenting Roadrunner’s expenses. His actions caused the investing public to lose tens of millions of dollars when Roadrunner eventually announced that it would need to restate its previously filed financial statements, triggering a sharp drop in the company’s stock," DOJ said. "On July 29, following an 11-day trial, a jury convicted Armbruster of four counts of violating federal securities laws, including misleading a public company’s auditors, securities fraud, and keeping false books and records." Armbruster was indicted in 2019 (see 1904040023).