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Nets on the Wrong Bank
United States v. Kinder (2012)
Charge: Lacey Act & false recordsCourt: U.S. District Court, S.D. OhioState: OhioDocket: The Black Market
Were the fish taken in breach of the river state's rules, and were the export forms knowingly false?
The facts
A husband and wife ran two roe businesses. They set gill nets for paddlefish along the shoreline of a state where commercial paddlefish fishing is banned and gill nets may not even be possessed, then took the fish back across the river to be processed into caviar for foreign buyers. Export forms filed with wildlife authorities misstated how much had been lawfully caught, who caught it and where.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Kinder (S.D. Ohio 2012)
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