Cristobal “Cris” Magno Rodrigo pleaded guilty to federal charges involving thousands of stone and wood carvings sold as Alaska Native art when they were actually made in the Philippines.
A man from Washington state was sentenced this week to spend two years in federal prison for selling fake Alaska Native artwork in Ketchikan.
Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced Rodrigo on Monday to serve two years in federal prison, the longest a defendant has received for any Indian Arts and Crafts Act violation in the U.S., according to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Rodrigo is also ordered to pay nearly $54,204.81 in restitution, make a $60,000 donation to the Tlingit and Haida Central Council Vocational Program, write an apology to run in the Ketchikan Daily News, and serve three years of supervised release.
In 2019 and part of 2021, the companies sold more than $1 million of artwork produced in the Philippines and passed off as Alaska Native, according to a sentencing memorandum filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Schmidt.While Rodrigo lived in Washington state, he and his family owned and operated the Ketchikan businesses.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Anchorage Museum program to help people learn, preserve Alaska Native languagesKirk Gallardo is doing his part to help preserve Alaska Native languages through a program he considers to be user-friendly.
Read more »
Anchorage Museum program to help people learn, preserve Alaska Native languagesKirk Gallardo is doing his part to help preserve Alaska Native languages through a program he considers to be user-friendly.
Read more »
Alaska’s congressional delegation hoping to include five more Native communities to ANCSAIn 1971, Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.It divided Alaska into 12 regions for newly formed private, for-profit native corporations to run.Alaska’s senators have been trying for years to include five other small, southeastern communities into ANCSA that were originally left out of the deal.
Read more »
‘Monumental sentence’ given to businessman involved in fraudulent Alaska Native artwork schemeThe U.S. Attorney’s Office sentenced an Alaska businessman — who sold counterfeit Alaska Native products for years — to the longest sentence ever handed down to someone for violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
Read more »
Native Americans leading Redskins petition outraged that a Washington Commanders rep called them 'fake group'The Native American Guardians Association, which are leading a petition to get the Washington Commanders to reclaim their historic Redskins name, were called 'a fake group.'
Read more »
Legacy of Native American boarding schools comes into view through a new interactive mapThe list of boarding schools in the United States that once sought to “civilize” Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians is getting longer
Read more »