The City of Los Angeles is suing a celebrity-favorite dog rescue accused of operating a puppy laundering scam.

The lawsuit claims Wagmor Pets pretended to save animals while actually buying hundreds, and possibly thousands, from commercial dog breeders and puppy mills and then selling them to unsuspecting people as rescue pets.

"Consumers who believed they were giving rescued puppies loving homes were, instead, allegedly misled into financially supporting the very commercial dog breeding industry they sought to avoid," read a press release from City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto's office.