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Lumber Liquidators Says DOJ Seeks Criminal Charges Over Imports
Source: NPR
Lumber Liquidators Says DOJ Seeks Criminal Charges Over Imports
APRIL 29, 201511:12 AM ET
Lumber Liquidators says the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking criminal charges against it in an investigation over imported products.
The revelation in a regulatory filing on Wednesday follows a 60 Minutes report last month that said the company's Chinese-made laminate flooring products have unsafe levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. At that time, Lumber Liquidators took issue with the methods used to draw that conclusion.
Lumber Liquidators said in the regulatory filing that agents from the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service executed sealed search warrants at its corporate offices in Toano and Richmond, Va., on Sept. 26, 2013, related to the import of certain wood flooring products under the Lacey Act, which bans illegally sourced wood products.
"In recent communications, the DOJ indicated that it is seeking criminal charges under the Lacey Act," the company said.
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APRIL 29, 201511:12 AM ET
Lumber Liquidators says the U.S. Department of Justice is seeking criminal charges against it in an investigation over imported products.
The revelation in a regulatory filing on Wednesday follows a 60 Minutes report last month that said the company's Chinese-made laminate flooring products have unsafe levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. At that time, Lumber Liquidators took issue with the methods used to draw that conclusion.
Lumber Liquidators said in the regulatory filing that agents from the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service executed sealed search warrants at its corporate offices in Toano and Richmond, Va., on Sept. 26, 2013, related to the import of certain wood flooring products under the Lacey Act, which bans illegally sourced wood products.
"In recent communications, the DOJ indicated that it is seeking criminal charges under the Lacey Act," the company said.
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Read more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/29/403039727/lumber-liquidator-says-justice-department-seeks-criminal-charges-over-imports
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Glad I haven't made any purchases there. 
