U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan emphasized the Justice Department’s commitment to unearthing such schemes, stating, “Companies cannot avoid paying tariffs by misrepresenting product manufacturing information.”
The Legal Teams Behind the Curtain
While representatives for the involved parties remained silent, the legal forces were prominently on display. The U.S. government’s case was championed by Anthony DeCinque and Akash Desai of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Neil B. Mooney and Shanshan Liang of the Mooney Law Firm LLC, alongside Robert McElroy, represented China Pacificarbide Inc. Details regarding King Kong Tools’ legal representation were not immediately available.
