Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
A dealer in antique treasures who admitted stealing more than $3 million in rare maps was sentenced on Wednesday to three and a half years in prison after a judge ruled that he deserved leniency for cooperating.
Edward Forbes Smiley III, once one of the country’s most respected dealers in rare maps, also must pay $1.9 million in restitution for stealing 98 of the world’s most precious maps, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton said. I don't know; I think he should have gotten a job at eBay.
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