United States v. Bengis

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20133
No(s). 1-03-cf-00308 (S.D.N.Y. Jun 14, 2013) (Kaplan, J.)

A district court ordered three men to pay South Africa $29.5 million in restitution for illegally harvesting and importing into the United States large quantities of West Coast rock lobsters from South African waters in violation of the Lacey Act. But because the men already paid $7 million to South...