Service Enforcement Officers Foil Artifact Trafficker

January 22, 2010 by USFWS  

An Illinois man was sentenced to pay $150,326 in restitution to the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge in southern Illinois after admitting that he excavated more than 13,000 artifacts from a Native American archaeological site on the refuge so he could sell them and live off his profits.

Archaeological Resources Protection Act

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