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Bay Area man charged with trying to export hundreds of turtles illegally

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Fews App Post Time 14h ago

A Bay Area man was arrested and federally charged Friday after attempting to illegally export hundreds of turtles to Taiwan. Daly City resident Donald Do is charged with conspiracy and crimes related to a conservation law named the Lacey Act, Department of Justice officials said. Federal law requires anyone importing “injurious wildlife” to secure a permit under the Lacey Act — but prosecutors say Do’s alleged turtle-trafficking scheme was built on lies from the start.

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