Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Exporting Protected Turtles
August 11, 2025
August 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
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Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Exporting Protected Turtles
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Wei Qiang Lin, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York for falsely labeling live turtles as fake toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes on a weeks-long journey to Hong Kong.
According to court records, b . . .
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Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Exporting Protected Turtles
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Wei Qiang Lin, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York for falsely labeling live turtles as fake toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes on a weeks-long journey to Hong Kong.
According to court records, b . . .