Ford Motor Company has been ordered to pay $365 million in a settlement with the United States government over allegations of evading import tariffs. The case involved Ford's importation of Transit Connect vehicles from Turkey between 2011 and 2016.
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Ford of misclassifying the vehicles as passenger wagons instead of cargo vans to avoid paying higher tariffs. This misclassification allowed Ford to save millions of dollars in tariffs that should have been paid to the government.
