[meteorite-list] Fwd: Four Arrested In Scheme To Sell Stolen "Moon" Rocks

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:09 2004
Message-ID: <B961F247.10F5%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Thanks for the update, Charlie,
    Just what we need, though: MORE meteorite thieves!
Now we gotta have a stinking LIST to keep track of 'm!
    Best wishes, Michael


on 7/22/02 4:42 PM, Charlie Devine at moonrock25_at_webtv.net wrote:

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> From: greenisland25_at_webtv.net (Charles Devine)
> Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:32 PM
> To: moonrock25_at_webtv.net
> Subject: Fwd: Four Arrested In Scheme To Sell Stolen "Moon" Rocks
>
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> From: "raumjard" <raumjard_at_attbi.com>
> Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:03 PM
> To: "Ruth" <wamontek_at_attbi.com>, "Charles Devine" <greenisland25@webtv.net>,
> "Don" <hepsut2_at_webtv.net>
> Subject: Four Arrested In Scheme To Sell Stolen "Moon" Rocks
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>> 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.
>>
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