SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Chefs who worked at a now-closed sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., have been indicted on felony charges for allegedly importing illegal whale meat.
Kiyoshiro Yamamoto and Susumu Ueda -- who formerly worked at the Hump -- and the restaurant's parent company, Typhoon Restaurant Inc., have been charged with nine counts of conspiracy to import and sell Sei whale meat from 2007 to 2010, a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.