United States v. McDougall

MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER

McAVOY, Chief Judge.

Defendant Michael Porter (“Porter”) is charged as part of a multi-defendant thirty-one count Superseding Indictment (the “indictment”) with: (1) one count of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3372 et seq., covering the period 1983 to the present; (2) three counts relating to the illegal export and import of the contaminated fish during 1995, 1996, and 1997, in violation of the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(2)(A) and 3373(d)(1)(A); and (3) sixteen counts of submitting false Canadian Customs forms that failed to disclose the…