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Turtle Trafficker In VA Admits To Illegally Selling Animals To Buyers In MD: Feds Turtle Trafficker In VA Admits To Illegally Selling Animals To Buyers In MD: Feds
Turtle Trafficker In VA Admits To Illegally Selling Animals To Buyers In MD: Feds An elaborate turtle smuggling and trafficking ring orchestrated by a Virginia man has been broken up, federal officials announced this week. Louisa resident Stanlee Fazi, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria to trafficking turtles out of Fredericksburg in violation of the Lacey Act, according to the Department of Justice. As part of his guilty plea, Fazi admitted that between July 2017 and June 2020, he illegally collected eastern box turtles from the wild and sold them on at least 27 occasions to buyers across the country. The scheme involved Fazi collecting payments using Fa…

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