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Man sentenced to record prison term in fake native-Alaskan art scheme

Por: MarketWatch Business August 31, 2023

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Federal prosecutors say Cristobal “Cris” Magno Rodrigo, 59, ran two art stores in Ketchikan, Alaska — a popular tourist-cruise destination in the southern part of the state — which claimed to sell works made by hand by a local Tlingit family of artists, using local materials.  Pieces there routinely sold for thousands of dollars, prosecutors said. Between 2019 and 2021, investigators say the two stores, Alaska Stone Arts LLC, and Rail... + full article



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