Robert Glenn Hennessy, 65, is charged with four counts of violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits the sale of wildlife that has been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold.

Duane A. Evans, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced the charges Friday.

Federal court records do not indicate how Hennessy broke the law, only that the alleged offenses occurred between March 2016 and June 2017 in the Gray area of Terrebonne Parish, NOLA.com reported.

If convicted, Hennessy faces up to five years in jail per count, a fine of up to $250,000, and three years supervised release after imprisonment.

Evans said the investigation was carried out by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with assistance from the office of the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.