Overview
- He pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to smuggle goods and two counts of violating the Lacey Act in federal court in Massachusetts.
- Prosecutors say his trafficking spanned January 2018 to June 2021 and involved buying, selling, and trading parts from threatened and endangered species.
- He sourced items from suppliers in Cameroon and Indonesia and concealed imports by mislabeling shipments as decorative masks or rodents.
- He consented to the civil forfeiture of more than 100 seized items taken in July 2021 from his residence, storage unit, and vehicle, including orangutan and tiger skulls, a jaguar skin, and a narwhal tusk.
- Court records detail MoneyGram and PayPal payments for specific specimens, including baboon, pangolin, and orangutan skulls.