US jails Chinese man for smuggling ‘status symbol’ turtles to Hong Kong

Hong Kong turtle smuggler gets 2.5 years

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Sai Keung Tin, a Chinese national also known as Ricky Tin, received a 30‑month prison sentence for smuggling protected eastern box turtles—native to New York—back to Hong Kong. He was arrested at JFK airport in February 2024 and finally sentenced on Friday. Tin pleaded guilty in December to four counts of breaking export laws between February 2018 and June 2023. The 53-year-old shipped over two thousand turtles from the …

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US jails Chinese man for smuggling ‘status symbol’ turtles to Hong Kong

Tin Sai-keung was sentenced to nearly three years in jail for smuggling the protected species, coveted by China’s middle class, out of the US.

He helped smuggle 'status symbol' turtles to China. He got nearly 3 years in prison

LOS ANGELES — The packages in a California mail facility were labeled as almonds and chocolate cookies. But inside were dozens of turtles wrapped in socks to keep them from moving and alerting authorities. They were among around 2,100 turtles…

Turtle trafficker in SoCal gets 30 months in prison for smuggling protect species to Hong Kong

A Hong Kong man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for smuggling a protect turtles species after wildlife inspectors found the animals inside packages at a Southern California mail facility.

He helped smuggle 'status symbol' turtles to China. He got nearly three years in prison

A federal judge sentenced Sai Keung Tin, a Chinese citizen, to nearly three years in prison for his role in smuggling protected eastern box turtles out of the U.S.