New York Fish Importer Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Importing Mitten Crabs

Brooklyn - Fuyi Ge, a former fish importer from Flushing, N.Y., was sentenced July 17 in federal court in Brooklyn to a prison term and fines for violating the federal Lacey Act by smuggling mitten crabs from Asia into the United States, said Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Healy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service