Travis John Branson made between $180,000 (£136,750) and $360,000 (£273,500) between 2009 and 2021 by selling the feathers and body parts of bald and golden eagles on the black market, prosecutors say.
A man helped to kill at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring, court documents show. Travis John Branson made between $180,000 and $360,000 between 2009 and 2021 by selling the feathers and body parts of bald and golden eagles on the black market, prosecutors for the US Attorney's Office in Montana have said.
They added federal guidelines call for a sentence of roughly three to four years in prison for Branson. Prosecutors also asked Judge Dana Christensen to sentence Branson to 'significant imprisonment' and restitution totalling $777,250 , which includes $5,000 for every dead eagle and $1,750 for each of the 107 hawks that investigators said he and his co-conspirators killed. As many as 3,600 birds were killed, prosecutors alleged, citing a co-defendant Simon Paul who remains at large.
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