The alleged scheme was used in an effort to avoid paying $26.7 million in anti-dumping and countervailing duties that would have been imposed on the Chinese material, prosecutors said.
Samuel García-Adarme, owner of Sultana Screens & Aluminum Sales Inc., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and vp of Aluwest Industries Inc, Ponce, Puerto Rico, have been indicted on smuggling and money laundering charges, according to documents filed in federal District Court in Puerto Rico....