Home Business Chinese billionaire indicted in U.S. for alleged $1.8 billion aluminum tariff evasion Business Chinese billionaire indicted in U.S. for alleged $1.8 billion aluminum tariff evasion By Genpie - August 1, 2019 121 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp A Chinese billionaire has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he schemed with the aluminum company he founded to evade $1.8 billion of tariffs by smuggling huge amounts of the metal into the United States, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.