Federal prosecutors charge Santa Monica restaurant with illegal sale of whale meat

Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs, alleging that they sold endangered whale meat.

Named in the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, were Typhoon Restaurant Inc., owner of the Hump restaurant at Santa Monica Airport, and chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, of Culver City. Both were charged with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000 for an individual and $200,000 for an organization. Read more here:

Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times

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[Elektra]

I'll NEVER, EVER eat there or at Typhoon ever again. That they would let that happen says a lot about the people who own those places. Run them out of Santa Monica, get them out of LA. They don't deserve to run a business here.