The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box ... Kang pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge after his extradition from Malaysia in 2019, and later was sentenced to over three ...

In June 2023, inspectors found four packages containing 40 eastern box turtles and intercepted them ... in 2019 from Malaysia and imprisoned for money laundering. Federal authorities said he ...

The turtles intercepted at a Torrance mail facility were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move and alert authorities.

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The eastern box turtles, known for the vivid yellow-orange ... in 2019 and later sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to money laundering. Kang had at least 1,500 turtles shipped from the ...

The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box ... Kang pleaded guilty to a money-laundering charge after his extradition from Malaysia in 2019, and was sentenced to over three years ...