Federal
authorities want to know where all that cheap wood at Lumber Liquidators comes from.
On
Thursday, the discount hardwood flooring retailer's headquarters in Toano, Va.,
and another location in Richmond were raided by special agents from the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit,
together with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Justice Department.
The
agents were looking for evidence the company had imported wood products from
forests in far eastern Russian that are home to the endangered Siberian tiger,
a person familiar with the matter said.
ICE
said no arrests were made and declined to say whether any items were removed
from either location. The investigation's affidavit and search warrants remain
sealed.
