Gerardo Chavez, 42, is president of the San Diego Customs Brokers Association, a trade group that represents 45 brokers doing business on California's border with Mexico. The complaint says his companies "facilitated" about $500 million in trade between the United States and other countries over the
The complaint unsealed Wednesday says Gerardo Chavez's scheme resulted in lost duties, taxes and other revenue for the U.S. government. Authorities say Asian goods presumably headed to Mexico were illegally unloaded at the Long Beach port.