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

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:11:00 -0700
Message-ID: <80C3FFB2A8C34DC69CD681871C5C4CEE_at_bosoheadPC>

Bruno and Carine,
Massive regrets, and fortunately we meteorite lovers have more wisdom than
the crooks know. As many of us were in your room, I will be vigilant.
Somehow I didn't receive your original post to the List. Has anyone else?
Richard Montgomery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Strope" <faq4q at yahoo.com>
To: "The Earth's Memory" <info at meteorite.fr>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <imca at imcamail.de>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Urgent Attention: Major Meteorite
Collectionstollen !!!!


> This is terrible news.
>
> Jim Strope
> 421 4th Street
> Glen Dale, WV. 26038
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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