Three Californians were arrested Tuesday on conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and structuring charges for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to cheat the U.S. government out of customs duties between November 2008 and January 2013. Dung Hang Dao, 32, and Hoang Minh Nguyen, 32, both of San Jose, owned and operated an online company based in Patterson that imported clothing and other merchandise from China, court documents filed in federal court state. The company reportedly operated under several names, including "thoitrangmy," "fashion4us," "Fashionblast," "One-Dream Thoi Trang Co," and "One Dream Wholesale." When the two received orders they declared the goods "samples" even though they intended to sell them to customers at retail value, a violation of U.S. customs regulations, an indictment filed in the case states. They allegedly sold more than $3 million in goods brought into the United States in this manner. Nguyen and Dao wired "significant amounts" of cash to
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