Queens brothers get jail time in conspiracy to smuggle turtles from Queens to Hong Kong: Feds via QNS
to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teamswill do jail time for smuggling hundreds of turtles from the U.S. to Hong Kong through numerous post offices in Queens.
Ghu Sen Guan was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to one year in prison, a week after his brother Chu Wei Guan was sentenced to one year and a day for admitting they shipped more than 600 North American turtles to Hong Kong, where they fetched more than $2 million on the black market, according to court documents.of North American turtles are sought after in China for medicinal purposes and some as pets.
man pleaded guilty to federal charges for smuggling turtles in a similar scheme, inspectors from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at JFK Airport, intercepted one of the packages at the International Mail Facility. Following an investigation in which special agents and inspectors followed a paper trail, the brothers were indicted in October 2019 on charges of illegal exportation of wildlife conspiracy.
After they pleaded guilty to the charges, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace sought sentences of 37 to 46 months’ imprisonment under government guidelines that would provide appropriate deterrence to “others who might consider similar conduct.” Chu Sen Guan was sentenced to one year in prison and one year of supervised release and fined $15,000 for his role in smuggling 635 turtles. His brother, Chu Wei Guan, was sentenced to two concurrent one-year-and-a-day sentences with one-year post-release supervision, and he was fined $10,000.
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