An Investigation Focuses on Antiquities Dealer
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Federal authorities say that an antiquities dealer in California participated in the illegal importation and sale of antiquities.
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State investigators probing possible corruption are looking into city contracts and scrutinizing renovation work at the mayor's home, The Associated Press has learned.
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At a charity auction in New Jersey last weekend, baseball memorabilia dealer Warren Heller was approached by a man with an unusual but topical request.
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The Israeli police filed criminal indictments on Wednesday against four antiquities collectors, accusing them of forging biblical artifacts, many so skillfully that they fooled experts.
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Top fashion designer Marc Jacobs' company is under investigation by New York's attorney general for possibly bribing an employee of a state armory to hold a fashion show there, the attorney general's office said on Wednesday.
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Police and federal agents found remains of two people believed to be former Mafia captains after expanding excavation work at a Queens lot reportedly used by a New York crime family, authorities said.
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A gambling tycoon preempts controversy by purchasing a bronze looted by westerners in the 19th century
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Four Israeli antiquities collectors and dealers were indicted Wednesday on charges they ran a sophisticated forgery ring that spanned the globe and produced a treasure trove of fake Bible-era artifacts, including some that were hailed as major archaeological finds.
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Federal agents executed search warrants Thursday at several Southern California museums, looking for stolen antiquities, officials said.
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Recent raids on museums in Southern California have stirred questions about why three federal agencies would devote four years to investigating what seems to be low-level smuggling and penny-ante tax fraud.
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A junior dealer detained over the biggest fraud in banking history is helping investigators, police said on Sunday, as his employer revealed that he had bet 50 billion euros ($73.3 billion) of its money on illicit trades.
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A Northern Ireland man is believed to be the target of a cross-border investigation into money laundering.
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A U.S. Army helicopter pilot once stationed in Cairo will face charges of selling dozens of stolen Egyptian antiquities to a Texas art dealer, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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Suspects may face re-arrest after police study hundreds of pieces of evidence.
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A Greek prosecutor on Tuesday charged a former curator of the American J. Paul Getty Museum with knowingly buying an ancient artifact which had been illegally dug up and smuggled out of Greece 13 years ago.
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The estate accounts which provide millions of pounds for the Queen and Prince Charles are to be investigated.
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A police and Health and Safety Executive investigation is under way after the discovery of two bodies.