[meteorite-list] Urgent Attention: Major Meteorite Collectionstollen !!!!

From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:12:30 +0100
Message-ID: <F8458EE7C6504A7EB99D58F21847A101_at_thinkcentre>

Dear Bruno and Carine,

that's an incredible loss indeed. But I think, and hope, that we all
together, being in full awareness, should be able to support you.

Keep the spirit.

My very best
Matthias



----- Original Message -----
From: "The Earth's Memory" <info at meteorite.fr>
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Cc: <imca at imcamail.de>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:35 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Urgent Attention: Major Meteorite
Collectionstollen !!!!


> Dear list Members,
>
> it is with consternation that we annouce you that we have been
> victims of extortion at the beginning of the Tucson show
> and finaly totaly robbed at the end of the Tucson show.
>
> Fortunatly the criminals have been iddentified and one have admited
> that he has the material. For security and procedure raison we will not
> disclose their names at that time nor the circumstances, we can just tell
> you that two are Americans and one is Morrocan.
>
> We and the Police have enough evidences and witnesses, that will lead the
> criminal team to be
> punished by the full power of the Law.
>
> We offered them to give back the material and we would not press charges,
> but it seems that they are not cooperating.
> The French Police will involve FBI and INTERPOL in the next days as they
> don't return our inventory intact and at no cost NOW.
>
> Here is a rapid list of what have been stolen and extorqued:
> http://www.meteorite.fr/en/stolen.htm
>
> this list is still partial as we are working on it, there are many fossils
> too.
>
> Many of you know that these specimens are our and saw them in our room or
> on our web site for years,
> please have a close look on that list, some specimens might be already for
> sell somewhere.
>
> We ask any Dealer, Collector or Curator to be very carefull.
>
> If you have been proposed any suspicious specimens, please report it to us
> or Eric Twelker off list.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Best from France,
>
> Bruno & Carine
> La Memoire de la Terre
> The Earth's Memory
> France
> www.meteorite.fr
>
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Received on Mon 11 Mar 2013 08:12:30 PM PDT