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A “wealthy” Chinese national who only claimed $710 in purchases but brought back $57,000 in luxury goods from Hermes in Las Vegas has been convicted and fined following a Crown appeal.
Xiaochen Zhao, a University of Victoria student here on visa, had her charges stayed earlier on condition of community service after a judge heard she’d likely be “inadmissible” in Canada with a conviction.
In a Wednesday decision, however, the B.C. Court of Appeal disagreed. It said immigration issues “must not divert the judge” from an appropriate sentence.
The court found the frequent traveller — a 24-year-old economics student and daughter of a wealthy Beijing businessman — had twice brought back undeclared goods in the space of a month in November 2011.
Various Hermes products, “including a handbag, wallet, shoes, jewellery, scarves, and accessories” — gifts for her parents, she told the court — were undeclared when she was caught after flying back into Canada.
Paying the court-ordered fine of $10,000 wasn’t the issue. Zhao, the court heard, was in the final year of her university program and wanted to remain in Canada to finish it — with the possibility of entering a financial career in the country. The conviction would have put her status in Canada in jeopardy.
“We are not faced with the limited adjustment to an otherwise fit sentence to avoid unnecessary consequences,” Justice Edward Chiasson wrote in the appeal decision.
“This case involves abandoning a criminal sanction that is fit and substituting for it a completely different sanction because a conviction might have serious immigration implications for the offender.”
The amount of tax she would’ve had to pay if the goods were declared was $9,000.
Border authorities also order her to pay $15,400, which included penalties.
The court noted whether Zhao is deported would be for immigration authorities to decide.
Paying the court-ordered fine of $10,000 wasn’t the issue
well there's a fuckin' shocker. I don't understand why she wouldn't declare everything is she is rich as fuck. Buys $57,000 worth of fashion then tries to be sneaky to save $9k?
well there's a fuckin' shocker. I don't understand why she wouldn't declare everything is she is rich as fuck. Buys $57,000 worth of fashion then tries to be sneaky to save $9k?
You don't get rich by giving stuff away! I get it. Still though, that seems like such a high risk for the savings. I'd push for deportation but I'm a fucking dick. LOL!
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Kick her out IMO. We need to set a tougher example to people who do this type of stuff, especially people on Visa where it is a privilege to be in the country. ...If you can afford $50,000+ of luxury goods then you can afford the $9000 duty (from the article) that you must pay. Ridiculous that the Judge didn't want to "inconvenience" this person so he basically ignored the law... sometimes I think we are too tolerant. They don't want someone to be "Inadmissible" ? So what? Do they think she will suddenly become a completely law-abiding person once she becomes a Canadian citizen? Likely no, because she now knows that our gov't is so tolerant. This person knew the rules, consciously lied to save money, is here on a Visa condition that she follow the laws and regulations, and she still decided to break the law. Twice.
As I said before when it was posted earlier.
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Originally Posted by Manic!
So no one on RS has a mail box across the boarder?
What does that have to do with anything? You still have to declare the stuff, and you get penalized the same if you get caught lying (which is really dumb... let's be real here, the CBSA folks at Point Roberts know you're not there to sightsee when you're only gone for 10 minutes). It's not the fact that this person spent money out-of-country and brought the goods back, or that she's rich, or from China, yada yada yada... but that they lied to customs (and was dumb enough to get caught twice before, mind you) and are now trying to beg for leniency when they were the ones who broke the law instead of doing the right thing and paying the duty.
Moreover, most people I know ship to USA to save on shipping costs and time... nothing like spending $15 for 3-day USPS (good guys) priority mail vs. $40 for 7-10 day UPS (assholes) ground who won't give you your parcel until the last possible day AND with a fat brokerage fee
So no one on RS has a mail box across the boarder?
Having a mail box just across the border allows you to buy stuff that doesn't ship to Canada and/or save on the price of the item. It doesn't mean you bring things back without declaring them.
__________________ Do Not Put Aftershave on Your Balls. -604CEFIRO Looks like I'm gonna have some hot sex again tonight...OOPS i got the 6 pack. that wont last me the night, I better go back and get the 24 pack! -Turbo E kinda off topic but obama is a dilf - miss_crayon Honest to fucking Christ the easiest way to get a married woman in the mood is clean the house and do the laundry.....I've been with the same girl almost 17 years, ask me how I know. - quasi
Originally posted by v.b. can we stop, my pussy hurts... Originally posted by asian_XL fliptuner, I am gonna grab ur dick and pee in your face, then rub shit all over my face...:lol Originally posted by Fei-Ji haha i can taste the cum in my mouth Originally posted by FastAnna when I was 13 I wanted to be a video hoe so bad