DOJ to File Criminal Lacey Act Charges Against Lumber Liquidators
The Justice Department will bring criminal charges against Lumber Liquidators for Lacey Act violations, according to the company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29 (here). DOJ has been investigating Lumber Liquidators products since at…
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least September 2013, when it executed a search warrant at the company’s corporate offices (see 13092716). According to news reports from that time, the raid may have been related to wood imported by Lumber Liquidators that originated in Russia but was entered as coming from a different company. Lumber Liquidators now reports that “in recent communications, the DOJ indicted that it is seeking criminal charges under the Lacey Act.” A DOJ spokesman said the “investigation is ongoing,” but declined to comment further.