Perfectus Aluminum Agrees to Pay $549.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Evaded Customs Duties

Arent Fox Schiff – On May 12, Perfectus Aluminum Inc., Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC, and four affiliated warehousing companies agreed to pay a total of $549.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly and improperly evading, or conspiring to evade, antidumping and countervailing duties owed to the United States on aluminum extrusions imported from China.