American Charged in Illegal Wildlife Animal Parts Trade Forfeits Skulls, Skins, and Claws

Mass. man pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking

The man consented to the civil forfeiture of more than 100 wildlife parts including orangutan and tiger skulls and jaguar skin.

Man forfeits lion skulls, narwhal tusk, more after pleading guilty in smuggling case

A Massachusetts man is facing months in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges in connection with buying, selling and trading wildlife parts and products from threatened and endangered species, including polar bears, narwhals and tigers.

Mass. man pleads guilty, forfeits polar bear skulls, narwhal tusk and more

A Massachusetts man's illegal wildlife trafficking operation spanned years before authorities seized his collection of over 100 parts from endangered species, including polar bear and tiger remains.

Reading man pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking charges - Boston News, Weather, Sports

A man from Reading pleaded guilty to federal wildlife trafficking charges. Adam Bied, 40,  was charged in June of 2024 with buying nearly 115 animal parts, many from animals on the US endangered species list. Investigators said they found the illicit items in his home, storage unit, and car. Sentencing is set for April.

Mass. man pleads guilty to trafficking endangered wildlife remains

A Massachusetts man accused of selling the the skulls, skeletons and skins of protected wildlife throughout the United States has been convicted, according to prosecutors.

Reading man pleads guilty in endangered wildlife body part trade case

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of trafficking wildlife parts. Adam Bied, a 40-year-old Reading resident, is accused of buying, selling and trading “wildlife parts and products from threatened and endangered species knowing that many of the transactions violated U.S. laws and regulations, including the [Endangered Species Act] and the Lacey Act,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said. Bied pleaded guilty Wedn…