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Originally Posted by MMS02760
The revelations last week that Hobby Lobby forfeited 1.6 million worth of smuggled Iraqi antiquities it bought in 2010 that had been smuggled into the US was not the first time that the company had illegally obtained artifacts.
NBC News has confirmed that the retailer had previously paid $3 million to the the federal government to settle a civil case involving other items improperly brought to the US.
Hobby Lobby Bought More Smuggled Artifacts - NBC News |
So this,
United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby, (
Wednesday, July 5, 2017) are two separate incidences?
"The government also filed a stipulation of settlement with Hobby Lobby, in which Hobby Lobby consented to the forfeiture of the artifacts in the complaint, approximately 144 cylinder seals and an additional sum of
$3 million, resolving the civil action."
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In October 2010, an expert on cultural property law retained by Hobby Lobby warned the company that the acquisition of cultural property likely from Iraq, including cuneiform tablets and cylinder seals, carries a risk that such objects may have been looted from archaeological sites in Iraq"
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