Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Wildlife Document

A resident of Austin, Texas pleaded guilty to violating the Lacey Act’s false labeling provision by knowingly selling horns from a black rhinoceros to non-Texas residents and falsifying the bill of sale to conceal the fact that the actual purchasers were not residents of Texas. This case was part of “Operation Crash” – a nationwide effort led by the USFWS and the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute those involved in the black market trade of rhinoceros horns and other protected species.

Read the Department of Justice’s news release

Learn more about Operation Crash