A Tip to "Operation Game Thief” Hotline Led to Multi-State Investigation

An Oklahoma City resident, Kyle McCormack, was sentenced to serve a one-year probation and pay $500 fine after being convicted of illegal transportation of wildlife in interstate commerce, a violation of the Lacey Act, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. McCormack also agreed to pay $2,500 into the Lacey Act Reward Account. This case is the result of an investigation led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and other State agencies.
"The Fish and Wildlife Service aggressively pursues unlawful activities involving our nation's fish and wildlife,