Ok,,,i am amking this its own thread now,but i was cruising google lastnight,and stumbeled on an article discussing an animals smuggling ring arrested in the 90s,,and in it was the names of 2 people,who are today,still active in the reptile industry,one that plead guilty to 2 counts of conspiricy,and the other guy and his wife,fled the country to belize i believe it was,and then had to come back to face thier charges.This is my main question involving the 2nd gentleman,and here is an excert,without the names,from usdoj.gov

***** ******* was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Orlando. He pleaded guilty in January, 1999, to seven felony counts of conspiracy, smuggling and violating the Lacey Act, a federal wildlife statute. At the time of his plea, ******* already was on supervised release and had served a prison sentence for smuggling endangered Fiji Island Iguanas into the United States in 1995

Both of these men are still selling animals and breeding now,and one of them,if not both advertises on kingsnake.com

my question to pose to everybody is this,no matter what thier BOI says about them,would you knowingly purchase from of these gentleman,,or only if thier BOI says they are great guys now,,or would you let the fact that they was involved with smuggling,keep you from buying from them??

personally,i wouldnt do business with either,based solely on the fact that they did do this,but is that a double standard,as i am a believe that if they did thier time,then they should get a fresh start???