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\"U.S.A federal judge sentenced a former supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection,<\/strong> who conspired with his ex-wife to smuggle goods into the U.S. in exchange for bribes, to three years and nine months in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. Pregerson<\/strong> also ordered Sam Herbert Allen Jr.<\/strong>, 54, of San Juan Capistrano,\u00a0to pay $781,632 in restitution to compensate for duties that were not paid on the smuggled goods.<\/span><\/p>\n

At Monday sentencing hearing, Judge Pregerson said that society could not tolerate law enforcement \u201centrusted with border <\/span>safety\u201d who \u201csell their jobs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Allen, formerly of Diamond Bar, pleaded guilty in February 2015 to conspiring to defraud the United States by deceitful and dishonest means.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis defendant betrayed his sworn duty to uphold the law,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker<\/strong>. \u201cDefendant supervised the inspection of shipping containers entering the United States and thus played an important role in our border security. His greed led him to commit a serious offense that cost the United States hundreds of thousands of dollars and presented an unacceptable security risk to our community and to the nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the plea agreement filed in the case, Allen was a supervisor that oversaw the examination and release of international cargo that arrived at \u201cForeign Trade Zones,\u201d or FTZs, which are privately operated warehouses that perform customs functions under the supervision of Customs and Border Protection. <\/span><\/p>\n

FTZs are considered to be outside the U.S., and if goods brought to an FTZ are bound for another country, those goods are not subject to duties and taxes that would be required if the items were entering the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allen and his ex-wife, Wei \u201cJulia\u201d Lai<\/strong>, agreed to smuggle shipments of clothing into the U.S. through an FTZ operated by Lai. <\/span><\/p>\n

In exchange for allowing shipments to go through by promising to alter a Customs and Border Protection database to falsely show that the clothing had been exported to Mexico, Lai paid <\/span>Allen bribes of $2,000 per shipping container, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allen received approximately $100,000 in bribe payments from Lai over the course of several months in 2009 and 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

When law enforcement began investigating the shipments, Allen told Lai to lie to federal agents in an attempt to obstruct the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lai previously plead guilty to conspiracy and money laundering, and she is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Pregerson on March 31. <\/span><\/p>\n

Several other defendants charged in the case also plead guilty and received sentenced that ranged from nine to 15 months in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. 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