California Woman Pleads Guilty to Lacey Act Violations, False Statements to CBP
A California woman pleaded guilty on Jan. 17 to Lacey Act violations and related charges of making false statements to CBP. Patty Chen, of Oakland, admitted to bringing in wildlife products including shark fins, shark fin noodles, sea horses, dried…
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conch, dried fish and eel maw, valued at $29,760 from Ecuador into the United States. According to the June 2013 indictment in Florida Southern U.S. District Court, she twice arrived at Miami International Airport with wildlife, but declared on CBP form 6059B Customs Declaration that she was not transporting wildlife. The case was later transferred to the Northern California U.S. District Court, where Chen pleaded guilty. Chen, 67, is scheduled to be sentenced in May.