This is the first successful federal felony prosecution in the United States for activities involving illegal importation and sale of toothfish. Fadilur was convicted of false labeling, importation of illegally possessed fish, and attempted sale of that fish. Eleven cargo containers of toothfish, with an approximate wholesale value of $3.5 million, were shipped on three separate vessels as part of this scheme to illegally import the fish into the United States. Government agents in Miami, Los Angeles, and New York seized all the containers.
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