Guilty Plea in Dinosaur Smuggling Case
Eric Prokopi pleaded guilty on Thursday in a case involving the smuggling of dinosaur fossils. In a press release, Preet Bharara, the U.S. States Attorney for the Southern District of New…
Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) | ancient coins | cultural property protection | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | fossils | import protections
The Cultural Property Importer’s Responsibility
When cultural material is brought into the United States from abroad, the country of origin must be listed accurately on customs import forms. See 19 U.S.C. 1304. There are some,…
forfeiture actions | fossils | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | prosecutions | U.S. v. Eric Prokopi
New York Federal Court Denies Prokopi’s Motion to Dismiss Dinosaur Forfeiture Case
Dinosaur seized by ICE. Source: ICE. Judge P. Kevin Castel yesterday denied Eric Prokopi’s motion to dismiss in the case of United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton. Prokopi’s lawyers…
Dinosaur Claimant’s Attorneys File Sharply Worded Reply Memorandum and Ask Court for Expedited Hearing
In a sharply worded reply memorandum filed Tuesday in the forfeiture case of United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton, lawyers for dinosaur claimant Eric Prokopi ask the Manhattan federal…
fossils | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | Mongolia | prosecutions | U.S. v. Eric Prokopi | United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton
Prokopi Arrested after Claim to Dinosaur Bones Prompts Criminal Investigation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today arrested Eric Prokopi at his Gainesville, Florida home, where authorities also searched his house. Prokopi is a self-described “commercial paleontologist”…
Paleo-Prospector Thief Guilty of Conspiracy to Steal Government Property
A federal district court in Alaska has sentenced Equinox Wilderness Expeditions (EWE) owner Karen Ann Jettmar to three years probation and a $30,000 fine for unlawfully taking a prehistoric fossil…