[meteorite-list] Fwd: Four Arrested In Scheme To Sell Stolen "Moon" Rocks
From: Charlie Devine <moonrock25_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:08 2004 Message-ID: <19781-3D3C987F-2191_at_storefull-2352.public.lawson.webtv.net> --WebTV-Mail-25003-1108 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-25003-1108 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtplocal-2001-1.public.lawson.webtv.net (209.240.212.85) by storefull-2358.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:32:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtplocal-2001-1.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 45DABBE0A; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:32:55 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: moonrock25_at_webtv.net Received: from storefull-2351.public.lawson.webtv.net (storefull-2351.public.lawson.webtv.net [209.240.213.151]) by smtplocal-2001-1.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 076A0BE0E for <moonrock25_at_webtv.net>; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:32:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from production_at_localhost) by storefull-2351.public.lawson.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/mt.gso.26Feb98) id QAA29946; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:32:55 -0700 (PDT) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhR3PEDkYinvGC+YzitdTq8L1f227gIVAIJrEAvQQAGgEvpZpAEmTqyCY2jq From: greenisland25_at_webtv.net (Charles Devine) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:32:55 -0400 (EDT) To: moonrock25_at_webtv.net Subject: Fwd: Four Arrested In Scheme To Sell Stolen "Moon" Rocks Message-ID: <8709-3D3C9627-1608_at_storefull-2351.public.lawson.webtv.net> Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary=WebTV-Mail-11378-793 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) --WebTV-Mail-11378-793 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-11378-793 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-2105.public.lawson.webtv.net (209.240.213.115) by storefull-2355.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:02:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by smtpin-2105.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 2DD4FFE42; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:02:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from windowsme ([24.91.153.2]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020722230225.KJZK19639.sccrmhc02.attbi.com_at_windowsme>; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 23:02:25 +0000 Message-ID: <007901c231d3$efa19600$6401a8c0_at_ne2.client2.attbi.com> From: "raumjard" <raumjard_at_attbi.com> To: "Ruth" <wamontek_at_attbi.com>, "Charles Devine" <greenisland25@webtv.net>, "Don" <hepsut2@webtv.net> Subject: Four Arrested In Scheme To Sell Stolen "Moon" Rocks Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:03:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Office of Inspector General > Washington, D.C. 20546 > > July 22, 2002 > > RELEASE 2002-081: FOUR ARRESTED IN SCHEME TO SELL STOLEN MOON ROCKS > > On July 20, 2002, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Tampa and > the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) recovered priceless lunar > samples brought back to Earth by each of the Apollo missions that > landed on the moon. A 600-pound safe containing lunar samples from > every Apollo mission was stolen from the Johnson Space Center on July > 13. > > James F. Jarboe, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Tampa Division, and Lance > Carrington, NASA OIG Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, > today announced the arrest, without incident, of three individuals, > Thad Ryan Roberts, Age 25; Tiffany Brooke Fowler, age 22; and Gordon > Sean McWorter, age 26. The three were taken into custody late Saturday > in Orlando, Florida, by Special Agents of the FBI and the NASA OIG and > charged with Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Government Property and > Transportation in Interstate Commerce of Stolen Property. A fourth > individual, Shae Lynn Saur, age 19, was arrested in Houston and also > charged with Conspiracy. Roberts, Fowler, and Saur were student > employees at Johnson Space Center. > > Jarboe stated that since May 2002, an FBI undercover operation has > utilized e-mail to communicate with an individual offering priceless > moon rocks, which the individual described as the world's largest > private and verifiable Apollo rock collection. The e-mail messages > were sent from several locations -- the University of Utah, Johnson > Space Center and a public library in Houston. The continued exchanges > included curatorial and historical records on the samples provided by > the seller, and culminated in a meeting at a restaurant in Orlando over > the weekend of July 20-21 to finalize the purchase of the Apollo moon > rocks. > > Mr. Jarboe praised the joint investigative efforts of the NASA OIG and > the FBI in the swift recovery and arrest(s) in this matter. > > The defendants arrested in Orlando were afforded their initial > appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun on > July 22, 2002. > > The FBI began this investigation after receiving a tip through an e- > mail address established by the Tampa Division for Internet Fraud > Matters. The e-mail address is ifcc.tp_at_fbi.gov. The NASA OIG also > operates a cyber-hotline, which can be found at: > http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq/hotline.html > > For more information on this release, please call Paul Shawcross, > Executive Officer, NASA Office of Inspector General, at (202) 358-2558. > > *** End *** > > Please do not contact NASA Office of Public Affairs for information on > Office of Inspector General releases. > > For additional information on the NASA Office of Inspector General, > including published reviews, audit reports, inspection/assessment reports, > press releases, and other publications, please access our web site at: > http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq > > Report Crime, Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement to the NASA OIG > Hotline at: 800-424-9183, TDD 800-535-8134. > --WebTV-Mail-11378-793-- --WebTV-Mail-25003-1108-- Received on Mon 22 Jul 2002 07:42:55 PM PDT |
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