Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Importing Fake Goods via Los Angeles Ports

Cargo awaits unloading from ships off the Port of Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced on March 27 to five years and three months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle as much as $200 million worth of counterfeit products into the United States through the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

Daniel Hoffman, 43, of Hacienda Heights, was convicted in October 2025 of conspiracy to commit smuggling, two counts of unlawful removal of a custom seal and two counts of smuggling relating to two shipping containers.