Overview

• A federal judge ordered him to serve 12 months and one day behind bars for violating the Lacey Act and money laundering statutes.
• He must pay a $55,000 fine and forfeit three chimpanzees along with more than $197,000 in illicit proceeds.
• Prosecutors say Antle traded cheetahs, lions, tigers and a chimpanzee without proper permits through his Myrtle Beach Safari.
• Investigators found that he laundered over $500,000 linked to a human-smuggling scheme by using bulk cash payments and falsified paperwork.
• Three co-defendants received probation or short prison terms, underscoring varied judicial outcomes in the broader trafficking ring.