This time a New Jersey seafood importer is headed to the clink for 22 months for fraudulently importing pangasius and was ordered to pay $64 million in restitution for evading tariffs.
64 million bucks and 22 months in the poky – we’re not talkin’ Lindsey Lohan time here, folks, we’re talkin’ a decent chunk of change and some questionable new roommates.
The Better Seafood Board has been saying for years, whatever you call it; short weight, species substitution, mislabeling—it’s all fraud.
The species really doesn’t matter it’s the scam that gets ya. It could have been tilapia sold as snapper… or Pollock sold as Cod… or Yellowtail sold as Mahi Mahi—any way you slice it it’s against the law and more and more we are seeing authorities cracking down on this type of thing.
