[meteorite-list] Urgent Attention: Major Meteorite Collection stollen !!!!

From: Jim Strope <faq4q_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:29:45 -0400
Message-ID: <632FA523-087B-4C2A-A906-0C909034ABD8_at_yahoo.com>

This is terrible news.

Jim Strope
421 4th Street
Glen Dale, WV. 26038

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On Mar 11, 2013, at 7:35 PM, "The Earth's Memory" <info at meteorite.fr> wrote:

> 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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