DOJ’s $5.15 Million FCA Settlement Reinforces Focus on Tariff and Customs Compliance

Sidley – On August 5, 2026, DOJ announced a $5.15 million settlement with a Taiwanese light-emitting diode (“LED”) manufacturer and its Texas-based subsidiary to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), the common law, and the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, that the companies knowingly failed to pay additional tariffs on Chinese-origin LEDs imported into the United States.