A Los Angeles -based wholesale clothing importer and two of its executives were sentenced Tuesday for avoiding payment of more than $8 million in customs duties on imported clothing, and for operating a money laundering scheme that involved failing to report tax returns for more than $17 million in cash transactions.

Based in the Fashion District in downtown Los Angeles , C’est Toi Jeans Inc. imported apparel from China and other countries and exported apparel to customers in Mexico, Central America and South America. The company was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi to five years of probation and was ordered to submit to federal monitoring. Scarsi also fined CTJ $11.5 million and ordered it to pay more than $15 million in restitution.

CTJ’s president, Si Oh Rh

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