South Korean National Who Ran Vista Nursery Pleads Guilty in $600K Succulent-Shipping Scheme by Editor Sept. 11, 2021, 9:16 p.m. Sept. 12, 2021, 7:07 a.m. Share this: ...

A South Korean man has been jailed in the US for illegally smuggling live Dudleya succulent plants worth $150,000 (£110,601) to Asia.. A California court on Thursday sentenced Byungsu Kim, 46, to ...

Until December 2017, authorities had no idea that thousands of succulents were being stolen from state parks. Then, a frustrated postal customer called the California Department of Fish and ...

(CN) — A federal judge sentenced a South Korean national to two years in prison Thursday for stealing and attempting to export rare succulent plants to Asia. Byungsu Kim, 46, has admitted to ...

South Korean national Byungsu Kim, 46, who was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday, was also ordered to pay $3,985 in restitution to the state of California for expenses related ...

A South Korean national who was extradited to Los Angeles this week faces trial in December for attempting to illegally export thousands of lotus-like California succulents worth $600,000 in Asia ...

Three men were charged Friday with trying to smuggle thousands of California succulents to South Korea, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The South Korean nationals pulled the live Dudleya ...

Succulent poachers are a growing problem in Northern California seaside communities. In South Korea and China, one plant will sell for up to $50 on the black market.

He also concluded that many poached succulents shipped initially to South Korea went on to be exported to other markets, ending up in the United Kingdom, China, and even sometimes back in the States.

Kang says that non-native succulents have become particularly popular among Korean housewives, looking for many of the same qualities that have made them a hit in the U.S. They're collectible ...