A Los Angeles County man is facing sentencing Friday 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.
Hoffman was one of nine people indicted in Los Angeles federal court in December 2024 and charged with working in the supply chain for a group that coordinated the shipping and transportation of counterfeit shoes, perfume, luxury handbags and watches into the U.S. from China…