Kentucky Couple Charged with Lacey Act Crimes Based on the Illegal Harvest of Paddlefish from the Ohio River

The Justice Department and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced that a Kentucky couple and their caviar companies were charged with trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish (Polydon spathula). Steve T. Kinder, Cornelia Joyce Kinder, Kinder Caviar Inc. and Black Star Caviar Company were charged in four-count indictment.