Logistic company executives, warehouse owners and truck drivers are accused of transporting shipping containers to warehouses, unloading the contraband inside and replacing it with "filler" cargo.

Federal prosecutors on Monday announced charges against eight people whom they alleged smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of counterfeit and illegal goods from China into the United States by using the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Federal law enforcement has arrested eight individuals in connection with a conspiracy to smuggle counterfeit and illegal goods worth hundreds of millions of dollars from China

Law enforcement arrested eight defendants, including logistics execs, warehouse owners and truck drivers, for smuggling in fake goods from China.