An alleged criminal network of logistics companies, warehouses, and truckers carried out the $200 million scheme between 2023-24, officials said.

Logistic company executives, warehouse owners and truck drivers are accused of transporting shipping containers to warehouses, unloading the contraband inside and replacing it with "filler" cargo.

Federal prosecutors on Monday announced charges against eight people whom they alleged smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of counterfeit and illegal goods from China into the United States by using the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.