Law enforcement intercepted the turtles during a border inspection and observed them bound and taped inside knotted socks ...

Suspect Wei Qiang Lin "labeled the boxes as containing 'plastic [and] animal toys,' among other things," authorities said ...

Wei Qiang Lin worked to ship 222 packages of about 850 turtles — worth an average of about $1,650 a pop — to Hong Kong for ...

The man was caught after an undercover agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service coordinated a sale with him on Facebook, ...

A man from New York admitted to stuffing 850 protected turtles into socks and trying to smuggle them to Hong Kong. The value ...

A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than $1 million from the United States to ...

Between August 2023 and November 2024, Wei Qiang Lin exported to Hong Kong more than 200 parcels containing the turtles, ...

Sometimes there are stories about criminals that make one wonder if they were trying to get caught. This case of a man trying ...

The man Lin also allegedly exported 11 other parcels filled with reptiles, including venomous snakes, the Justice Department ...

A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than $1 million from the United States to ...

Wei Qiang Lin pleaded guilty to "falsely labeling live turtles as fake toys" and exporting them in delivery boxes to Hong Kong.

Wei Qiang Lin, a Chinese citizen based in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to claiming ...