Motor will pay $365 million to resolve U.S. allegations it violated a federal tariff law by misclassifying and understating the value of hundreds of thousands of its
The government said the settlement is one of the largest customs penalty settlements in recent history. Customs and Border Protection ruled in 2013 that Transit Connects imported as passenger wagons and later converted into cargo vans were subject to the 25% duty applicable to cargo vehicles, rather than the 2.5% passenger vehicle duty.
"The government will not permit companies to evade duties by adding sham features to their products and then misclassifying them," said Brian Boynton, head of the DOJ Civil Division.
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