Gibson Guitars and Lumber Liquidators were once charged with hefty fines after being found guilty of using illegal wood. The wood brought in the U.S. went through Forensic testing, and it was found the timber (illegally logged) is often mislabeled, and that has been a persistent problem for industries dealing in sports goods, musical instruments, flooring, and furniture. In fact, a recent study from the US Forest Service, WWF, and World resources institute claimed that the ratio of mislabeled wooden products in the U.S. is 62%. Researchers examined wood samples against specimens from Forest Service, using forensics to find any evidence of illegally logged wood that has been mislabeled, said Alex Wiedenhoeft, a research director at the U.S. Department of
