Charlottesville, Va. – A dog breeding facility, Envigo RMS, LLC, has been fined $5 million for conspiring to violate the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act. The facility, located in Virginia, was found guilty of violating these federal laws.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia collected $10,621,656.97 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $9,151,869.51 was collected in criminal actions and $1,469,787.46 was collected in civil actions.
Additionally, the Western District of Virginia worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $60,245,937.67 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $10,076.28 was collected in criminal actions and $60,235,861.39 was collected in civil actions.
Envigo RMS, LLC, was found guilty of violating the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act. The facility was fined $5 million for its actions.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia used a variety of debt collection tools to ensure that the defendant was held responsible for its actions. The office utilized a Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act writ to seize over $1.1 million from a criminal defendant to pay criminal restitution.
The collection numbers demonstrate the district’s strategic use of all debt collection tools available under the law to ensure that criminal defendants are held responsible for repaying the victims of their crime and that civil debtors are held accountable for their debts to the government.
Separately, the Western District of Virginia forfeited $72.2 million to the United States related to its criminal and civil prosecutions. This amount includes $24,878,594.89 from Indivior, and $46,773,249.50 from McKinsey & Co. The forfeited funds also include tens of thousands of dollars seized from individuals who acted as money mules for foreign criminals employing various fraud schemes against victims in the United States.
The Western District of Virginia strategically used both civil and criminal judicial forfeiture to help victims and hold criminals accountable. As a result, significant portions of the funds forfeited to the United States in FY25 were returned to victims of crime.
Defendant: Envigo RMS, LLC, Crime: Conspired to Violate Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act, State: Virginia, Year: 2025, Sentence: $5 million fine.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Animal Welfare Act Violations
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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