Overview

• C’est Toi Jeans Inc. was placed on five years of probation with federal monitoring and ordered to pay an $11.5 million fine and more than $15 million in restitution.
• President Si Oh Rhew received 103 months in federal prison, an $8 million fine, and was ordered to pay more than $19 million in restitution.
• Lance Rhew was sentenced to 84 months in prison, fined $500,000, and was ordered to pay restitution.
• Prosecutors said the company took bulk U.S. currency from drug‑trafficking proceeds via couriers, failed to file required cash transaction reports, and concealed receipts that led to more than $17 million in gross sales being omitted from IRS returns.
• Authorities detailed a customs‑fraud scheme that undervalued imports by over $51 million, causing about $8.4 million in unpaid duties, with 515 wire transfers totaling $137,156,726; a six‑week trial in October 2024 produced convictions on conspiracy, customs, reporting, tax, and international money‑laundering counts, with some additional counts resulting in acquittals after an HSI‑ and IRS‑CI‑led probe under Operation Take Back America.