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Collector sentenced for dealing in illegal ancients
RevDrBlimber
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http://culturalheritagelawyer.blogspot.com/2012/03/weiss-coin-case-scheduled-for-july.html
"Under a plea agreement with Manhattan prosecutors, Ivy League surgeon Arnold-Peter Weiss, 52, has to write an article detailing the widespread corruption among collectors selling and trading rare coins without the proper paperwork."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/prominent-hand-surgeon-pleads-guilty-selling-phony-ancient-coins-undercover-federal-agent-article-1.1107240#ixzz20LPdI9Aw
"In another embarrassing twist, it turns out Weiss was holding small change.
"After his arrest, the Manhattan district attorney’s office scanned the coins with an electron-microscope and discovered they were just well-crafted fakes."
"Under a plea agreement with Manhattan prosecutors, Ivy League surgeon Arnold-Peter Weiss, 52, has to write an article detailing the widespread corruption among collectors selling and trading rare coins without the proper paperwork."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/prominent-hand-surgeon-pleads-guilty-selling-phony-ancient-coins-undercover-federal-agent-article-1.1107240#ixzz20LPdI9Aw
"In another embarrassing twist, it turns out Weiss was holding small change.
"After his arrest, the Manhattan district attorney’s office scanned the coins with an electron-microscope and discovered they were just well-crafted fakes."
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I love the way this universe works...
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It would have made a good episode of the television show "Law & Order".
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