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Senior Special Agent Ronald J. Tye
"The Million Dollar T-Man"
A few excerpts from the article in the link above
"Agent Tye recently concluded a five-year fraud investigation with international implications in which a corporation pleaded guilty and was fined $1 million. This investigation involved a complex fraud scheme involving the import and sale of guitars, banjos, and other musical instruments by Washburn International, located in Vernon Hills, Ill."
"After a review of Washburn's importing history, Tye's suspicions were confirmed: the company had violated numerous marking laws by selling instruments from which they had routinely stripped "Made in Korea" labels."
"Agent Tye and his team discovered that employees were removing the "Made in Korea" labels from instruments"
"The company pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, and was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay a $1,000,000 fine, making this one of the largest criminal country of origin marking cases ever prosecuted in the United States."
