-----------NEWS from CPSC----------- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Communications 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, cpsc.gov ******************************************************** Release Date: June 5, 2013 Release Number: 13-208 President of LM Import-Export Sentenced to 22 Months in Federal Prison, Fined $10,000 for Importing Banned Children’s Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida Kathleen M. Williams issued a significant sentence in federal court for violations of U.S. consumer product safety laws. Hung Lam, President of LM Import-Export Inc., of Miami, Fla., was sentenced to 22 months incarceration in federal prison, three years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine for pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic and smuggle in banned children’s products that contained lead and small parts, in violation of federal laws enforced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Mr. Lam was also convicted of one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods. From about April 2000 through May 2011, defendant Lam and his related corporations LM Import-Export Inc., Lam’s Investment Corp., and LK Toys Corporation, conspired to sell and distribute in commerce banned children’s products imported from China. These actions were in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. These products allegedly presented the risk of choking, aspiration, and ingestion, and some contained lead above the federal limits. “The sentences handed down by the court against these repeat violators are a victory for consumers and the rule of law,” said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. “I commend the staff at CPSC, Department of Justice, and Homeland Security for their cooperation and success in bringing the defendants to justice. This result demonstrates how serious we are about protecting American consumers from dangerous products and defending our consumer product safety laws.” To learn more about this conviction and the related civil penalty and injunction imposed, see the following: Department of Justice press release justice.gov/usao/fls/PressReleases/130531-01.html 2011 Consent Decree - cpsc.gov/Global/Business-and-Manufacturing/Civil Penalties/LMConsent_decree_permanent_injunction_03_11_11.pdf 2012 Consent Decree - cpsc.gov/Global/Business-and-Manufacturing/Civil Penalties/LMconsent_decree_penalty_payment_04_30_2012.pdf ******************************************************** The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to a product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov. Media Contact Please use the phone numbers below for all media requests. Phone: (301) 504-7908 Spanish: (301) 504-7800 CPSC Consumer Information Hotline Contact us at this toll-free number if you have questions about a recall: 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054) Times: 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET; Messages can be left anytime Call to get product safety and other agency information and to report unsafe products. ----------------------------- You are currently subscribed to the e-mail list "releases" as: sandypie7@gmail To unsubscribe, please do one of the following: (1) go to cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/Subscribe/ and use the on-line form or (2) send a blank email to leave-2859326-786291.dc5195d366cc7c358f430379f5cec4fd@list.cpsc.gov You can also go to cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/Subscribe/ to change your subscription, or unsubscribe an old address and subscribe a new one. This message is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (cpsc.gov), an independent federal regulatory agency, located at 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 Toll-free hotline: (800) 638-2772.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:44:46 +0000
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