Woman sentenced to probation for unlawful sale of pangolin scales to undercover officer at SE Portland store
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Agnes Yu, 53, admitted to ordering the pangolin scales from an importer in San Francisco and selling 30 grams of the scales to the undercover officer for $165 in November 2017.
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A woman who illegally imported pangolin scales and sold them to an undercover officer from her Southeast Portland store was sentenced Monday to three years of federal probation.
Agnes Yu, 53, who has owned Wing Ming Herbs on Southeast 82nd Avenue with her husband for about 20 years, said the scales are believed to have medicinal properties and used to help promote the production of breast milk in women who have just given birth.
Woman gets probation for unlawful sale of pangolin scales
April 13, 2021
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A woman who illegally imported pangolin scales and sold them to an undercover officer from her Southeast Portland store was sentenced Monday to three years of federal probation.
Agnes Yu, 53, who has owned Wing Ming Herbs with her husband for about 20 years, said the scales are believed to have medicinal properties and used to help promote the production of breast milk.
Yu admitted to ordering the scales from an importer in San Francisco and selling 30 grams of the scales to the officer for $165 in 2017, according to a prosecutor.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman pleaded guilty to selling illegally imported pangolin scales from a store in southeast Portland, which is a violation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (or CITES). Agnes Yu, 53, was sentenced to three years of federal probation and a $5,000 fine. According to court documents, Yu and her husband ran Wing Ming Herbs in southeast Portland, a store that sells Chinese homeopathic remedies and.