“Yincheng Wu and Grace Hu allegedly sold thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal ivory, harming an already endangered species by perpetuating the illicit market for ivory,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Those who partake in the illegal ivory trade will be held accountable. I thank our law enforcement partners for their assistance in this investigation.”
Merces Gallery, a Great Neck, New York-based online auction business, and its proprietors Grace Hu and Yincheng Wu were indicted on 14 June by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for selling tens of thousands of dollars worth of objects made from elephant ivory and rhino horn. Hu, Wu and their gallery have each been been charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with three counts of illegal commercialisation of wildlife.
“Yincheng Wu and Grace Hu allegedly sold thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal ivory, harming an already endangered species by perpetuating the illicit market for ivory,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Those who partake in the illegal ivory trade will be held accountable. I thank our law enforcement partners for their assistance in this investigation.”
A New York Police Department inspector has been indicted on charges that he lied to investigators and tried to get incriminating video footage erased after his girlfriend drunkenly crashed his police car into a cab, prosecutors said Thursday.
A veteran NYPD precinct commander who was suspended following a 2022 crash with a city cabbie has been indicted on multiple charges connected to covering up a drunken-driving incident, prosecutors said Thursday.
