U.S. Attorney News Release: President of Company That Illegally Imported Catfish Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison
A Virginia man has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy that led to more than 10 million pounds of frozen catfish being imported from Vietnam, but fraudulently labeled and sold in the United States as sole, grouper and other species, the Justice Department announced. This sentence is one of the longest imposed by a federal judge for falsely labeling seafood.