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Has anyone done any business (especially face to face business) with or know anything about Fauna user:
Bingle
Account created: 01-13-2018
Name: Mike Lee or Lee Mike
Location listed: NH
[email protected]

Buying and instantly selling: Big Headed Turtles - Platysternon Megacephalum

In a period of only 4 days (1/10/18-1/13/18) different pictures of the same animals have surfaced by 3 different sellers including Mike Lee. Mike Lee repeatedly views his ad but refuses to publicly answer any questions posed to him including the birth continent of the big heads he is selling.
 
4x images used in his ad:
 

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Here are some of the images used by the 3 separate sellers. Though these pictures are of different angles/settings, clearly they are of the same animals. Pictures all appear to be from a single source as well as the hand holding them remains consistent in each.
 

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There are very few people producing true CBB Platysternon in the USA and perhaps only one private keeper who is a good friend of mine and who bought his original founders from me. After reading the comments section of the ad for these turtles it is abundantly clear that the original seller who supplied "Mike Lee" knew the origin of these turtles but dodged the question and didn't want to talk about it. He also played dumb to knowing they were CITES 1. That's a huge red flag and I'd say with certainty these are smuggled animals.
 
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the original seller who supplied "Mike Lee" knew the origin of these turtles but dodged the question and didn't want to talk about it. He also played dumb to knowing they were CITES 1.
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The "original" seller 'here' lists them for sale on Jan 10th, 2018.
However, a different seller lists them for sale on Facebook on Jan 9th, 2018.
Who actually had these CITES 1 turtles in hand then?
 

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