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Dinosaur Forfeiture Complaint Now Published in New York Court as Coin Dealer Lawyers File Appearance to Free Arrested Mongolian Tyrannosaurus

ByRick St. Hilaire

Source: ICE Today the federal district court in the southern district of New York electronically published the federal government’s forfeiture complaint against a dinosaur skeleton.  And an ancient coin dealers’…

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Eternal Rest Not Coming Soon for Ka Nefer Nefer Mummy Mask as Motions are Once Again Filed in Missouri Forfeiture Case

ByRick St. Hilaire

“This Court has previously denied the Government’s motion for reconsideration of its Order of Dismissal, and this latest filing by the Government amounts to little more than a second motion…

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Federal Attorneys Test the Waters in Ka Nefer Nefer Case by Submitting New Court Complaint Claiming That Parties “Knew” or Were “Wilfully Blind” to Alleged Fictional Provenance

ByRick St. Hilaire

Following Judge Henry Autrey’s order seemingly shutting down the government’s renewed effort to forfeit a mummy mask located at the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM), the eastern district U.S. Attorney’s…

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Sotheby’s Asks Federal Court to Dismiss Forfeiture Case Against Cambodian Statue

ByRick St. Hilaire

Sotheby’s auction house and Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa yesterday filed a motion to dismiss the forfeiture case against a Khmer statue. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought the seizure and forfeiture…

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Motion Denied: Missouri Court Forces Prosecution to Consider Appealing the St. Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer Mummy Mask Case

ByRick St. Hilaire

The federal court for the eastern district of the United States has denied the prosecution’s request to reopen the St. Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask case.  Click…

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Prosecutors Reveal New Details of Theft Claim in St. Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer Mask Forfeiture

ByRick St. Hilaire

St. Louis Gateway ArchSource: Sue Ford, National Park Service Prosecutors in the case of United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer today filed a Reply in Support of Its Motion to…