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Customs And Border Protection Seized My Pack And 85k Fine

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I got a certified letter from customs and border protection that my box had been seized and it had a list of all the items in it which were fake LV Nikes north face. I ordered online from someone that was on DHGate but I paid via PayPal. I got a second certified letter after I did nothing with the first one that I was being fined for the real value of the items for 85k. I submitted a petition advising them that I ordered these items online and that I had no intentions of violations any laws and no intentions for selling they were for personal use. I got a follow up letter advising it was mitigated down to 8500. I still didn’t have that much money and so I submitted a supplemental petition and they advised that I would need to have my case submitted to a different department and to send my last 3 yr tax returns, sign a form, and provide an audited quarterly statement from my bank. I told her I didn’t know what a quarterly statement was and that I had my monthly bank statements and she told me to check with my bank who said only a CPA can do those. I contacted a cpa and he said for personal account quarterly statements do not exist. Regardless I didn’t get all of the stuff back to her and now I got an invoice for the full 85k due in 10 days. WHAT DO I DO NOW?? location: Kansas City

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