Don Jones is a licensed broker who runs his own brokerage business. Which ONE of the following activities may Don safely undertake without subjecting himself to sanction by Customs?
A) Don hires his niece, and to protect her privacy decides not to notify Customs of her previous felony conviction for forgery.
B) Don receives a duty refund for a client and immediately notifies the client in writing that the refund will be applied to offset a debt owed him by the client.
C) Don attracts new clients by informing them, with a knowing wink, of his brother’s employment with Customs.
D) Don reassures a client that unreported proceeds of a subsequent resale that accrue to the benefit of the foreign seller will probably remain undiscovered by Customs.
E) Don fails to inform several clients that he, too, occasionally imports merchandise of the same general character as that imported by them.
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The Answer is: B
Citation: 19 CFR 111.29
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