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Federal prosecutors say Byungsu Kim was involved in a scheme to smuggle $150,000 worth of succulents from Southern California to South Korea.
Federal authorities say the man had recently searched "poaching succulents" on his smartphone.
Federal authorities say the man had recently searched "poaching succulents" on his smartphone.
The scheme involved illegally taking live succulent plants from public parks in northern California and attempting to export them to South Korea.
A South Korean national who was extradited to Los Angeles faces sentencing today for trying to illegally export thousands of lotus-like California succulents -- worth more than $600,000 -- that he and two others pulled out of the ground at remote state parks.