Category: Gree Electric Appliances

China-Based Gree Electric Fined $91 Million for Failure to Report Dangerous Dehumidifiers

China-based Gree Electric and two of its subsidiaries, including one in the U.S., have agreed to pay $91 million to resolve criminal charges for not reporting to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that their faulty dehumidifiers could catch on fire. According to a court filing, Gree executives knew the defective dehumidifiers failed to meet…


Chinese Company, Others to Pay $91M for Defective Dehumidifiers

LOS ANGELES—A Chinese appliance manufacturer and two of its subsidiaries will pay $91 million for failing to notify the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that millions of dehumidifiers sold to U.S. consumers were defective and could catch fire, federal prosecutors said Oct. 29. Gree Electric Appliances Inc.. an appliance manufacturer headquartered in Zhuhai, China,…