Sierra Club: Lumber Liquidators Pleads Guilty to Importing Illegal Wood Products, Settles with Department of Justice

by Press on October 8, 2015

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WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Yesterday, Lumber Liquidators, the nation’s leading hardwood flooring retailer, announced a settlement with the Department of Justice, concluding a two-year investigation into claims that the company had imported illegal wood products. For years, the company imported flooring made from illegal timber logged in Russia and laundered through China.