Lumber Liquidators Pleads Guilty to Lumber Trafficking Charges

Toano, VA, October 23, 2015—Lumber Liquidators pleaded guilty yesterday to five criminal charges, including one felony, related to illegal importation of Mongolian oak from eastern Russia to the U.S.

The plea is part of the settlement reached between Lumber Liquidators and the Department of Justice for which the company will pay a $10 million fine.

A second pending agreement calls for the company to pay an additional $3.155 million to settle questions related to oak and birch hardwood.

According to the Department of Justice, Lumber Liquidators falsely reported the woods it was bringing into the U.S.

This is the first felony conviction related to importation of illegal lumber and the largest fine ever assessed under the Lacey Act.