July 29, 2015- WESTBURY NY — A Westbury seafood marketer was sentenced to pay $100,000 for trafficking shellfish without the proper permits and licesnes, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday.
Richard Scores, Jr., 57, of Commack, illegally sold more than $100,000 in fresh fish and shellfish to Long Island restaurants through his company Westbury Fish Co., authorities said.
Scores reportedly sold shellfish to restaurants in Garden City, Carle Place, Port Washington, New Hyde Park and Westbury, as well as in Commack in Suffolk County.
He was arrested in February for the illegal actions that occurred from January 2014 to February 2015.
Scores and Westbury Fish Co. pleaded guilty to one count each of Failure to Possess Shellfish Shipper’s and Processor’s Permit/Illegal Commercialization of Fish, Shellfish Crustacea and Wildlife as a misdemeanor and to one count each of Trafficking in Marine Food Fish and Crustacea for resale to other than the final consumer without a valid Food Fish and Crustacea Dealer and Shipper License/Illegal Commercialization of Fish, Shellfish Crustacea and Wildlife as a misdemeanor.