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US: Mushroom importer gets prison for evading customs
The president of a San Marcos mushroom-importing company has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to evading customs duties on the mushrooms his firm imported from Japan.
Craig Robert Anderson, president of Golden Gourmet Mushrooms Inc., was also ordered Friday to pay a $6,000 fine and serve a year of home detention after his time in custody. The company was also found guilty and fined $460,000, and must pay restitution of $546,757 to U.S. Customs.
Anderson, 57, a Rancho Santa Fe resident, pleaded guilty in June to using dual invoices to avoid customs duty when his company imported fresh mushrooms from Japan.
Between May 2005 and August 2007, the company submitted invoices for lower prices to customs agents while using a higher price for business transactions, prosecutors said. The company also falsely labeled imported mushrooms as products of the United States, authorities said.
Tadao Yamamoto, 53, a San Marcos resident who worked for a Japanese supplier to Golden Gourmet Mushrooms, was sentenced Oct. 16 to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine after pleading guilty to submitting dual invoices. Yamamoto initially worked in Japan, then from December 2006 out of an office at Golden Gourmet Mushrooms.
Another defendant, Kazuo Maenishi, was sentenced to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine. Maenishi, 38, a resident of Japan, admitted in July that he falsely labeled the mushrooms as coming from the United States.
Steven Farrar, a former chief operating officer of the company, pleaded guilty in June to illegal exportation of merchandise in connection with another plan to export mushroom-cultivation equipment to Spain in 2006. Farrar, 57, a Vista resident, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 13.
Source: signonsandiego.com
The president of a San Marcos mushroom-importing company has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to evading customs duties on the mushrooms his firm imported from Japan.
Craig Robert Anderson, president of Golden Gourmet Mushrooms Inc., was also ordered Friday to pay a $6,000 fine and serve a year of home detention after his time in custody. The company was also found guilty and fined $460,000, and must pay restitution of $546,757 to U.S. Customs.
Anderson, 57, a Rancho Santa Fe resident, pleaded guilty in June to using dual invoices to avoid customs duty when his company imported fresh mushrooms from Japan.
Between May 2005 and August 2007, the company submitted invoices for lower prices to customs agents while using a higher price for business transactions, prosecutors said. The company also falsely labeled imported mushrooms as products of the United States, authorities said.
Tadao Yamamoto, 53, a San Marcos resident who worked for a Japanese supplier to Golden Gourmet Mushrooms, was sentenced Oct. 16 to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine after pleading guilty to submitting dual invoices. Yamamoto initially worked in Japan, then from December 2006 out of an office at Golden Gourmet Mushrooms.
Another defendant, Kazuo Maenishi, was sentenced to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine. Maenishi, 38, a resident of Japan, admitted in July that he falsely labeled the mushrooms as coming from the United States.
Steven Farrar, a former chief operating officer of the company, pleaded guilty in June to illegal exportation of merchandise in connection with another plan to export mushroom-cultivation equipment to Spain in 2006. Farrar, 57, a Vista resident, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 13.
Source: signonsandiego.com
Publication date: 11/2/2009
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