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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 1,370 cases from 35 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€4.46mTotal of monetary amounts
€4.46mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

5 Aug 2026 Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. und Everlight Americas, Inc.Everlight: 5.15 million USD – Chinese LEDs declared as Taiwanese via Taiwan USACustoms €4.46m

The Taiwanese LED manufacturer and its Texas subsidiary allegedly transshipped LEDs made in China via Taiwan from 2018 to 2022 and declared them to US customs as being of Taiwanese origin in order to avoid Section 301 tariffs (US punitive tariffs on Chinese goods); in addition, Chinese and Taiwanese chips were not kept separate in production until 2025. The settlement of 5.15 million USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former employee, who receives around 876,000 USD.

What organisations can take from it

Where goods are routed through third countries, document their origin by manufacturing step – repackaging in Taiwan does not turn Chinese goods into Taiwanese ones.

Relevance to training and awareness

Rules of origin and origin of goods when transshipping via third countries

Authority / court
U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland (Department of Justice) mit U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Area of law
Sanctions and export control · Customs
Legal basis
False Claims Act; Tariff Act of 1930 (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
Action
Other
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Published
5 Aug 2026

Original amount 5,150,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Aug 2026.

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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