LOS ANGELES - Court documents say a man has agreed to plead guilty to a smuggling charge for bringing hundreds of tarantulas into the United States by mail.
The documents filed Tuesday say 37-year-old Sven Koppler of Wachtberg, Germany, signed a plea agreement over the weekend involving one count of smuggling goods into the U.S.
He could face up to 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced April 11.
Federal prosecutors say Koppler mailed more than 240 live tarantulas from Germany to Los Angeles last year. Fish and Wildlife Service agents intercepted the packages then posed as customers and ordered dozens more spiders, including a protected Mexican species.
Authorities say Koppler made $300,000 by selling spiders to people in dozens of countries.
source : huffingtonpost
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The documents filed Tuesday say 37-year-old Sven Koppler of Wachtberg, Germany, signed a plea agreement over the weekend involving one count of smuggling goods into the U.S.
He could face up to 20 years in federal prison when he is sentenced April 11.
Federal prosecutors say Koppler mailed more than 240 live tarantulas from Germany to Los Angeles last year. Fish and Wildlife Service agents intercepted the packages then posed as customers and ordered dozens more spiders, including a protected Mexican species.
Authorities say Koppler made $300,000 by selling spiders to people in dozens of countries.
source : huffingtonpost
Tag : Animals, Crime, Mail Spiders, Mail Tarantulas, Man Mails Spiders, Man Mails Tarantulas, Smuggle Spiders, Smuggle Tarantulas, Spider Smuggling, Spiders In Mail, Sven Koppler, Sven Koppler Spiders, Sven Koppler Tarantulas, Tarantula Smuggling, Green News
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