Fossil dealer's guilty plea ends dino dispute
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NEW YORK -- A Florida fossil dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling costs Thursday and agreed to quit a popular $ 1 million dinosaur skeleton that was taken by the U.S. government earlier this year for eventual return to Mongolia. Eric Prokopi, 38, said he would give in the 70 million-year-old Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton, referred to as "Ty," and quit any cases to 6 various other dinosaurs and numerous other bones in a cooperation bargain that might win him leniency from costs that hold a potential prison sentence of up to 17 years. Assistant U.S. Attorney Martin S. Bell reviewed a listing of the dinosaurs to Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis, stating a second considerably complete tyrannosaur skeleton was discovered at Prokopi's Gainesville, Fla. , house, while a 3rd was thought to be in Britain.
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Eric Prokopi
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| -0.0972632 | Eric Prokopi, 38, said he would surrender the 70 million-year-old Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton, known as "Ty," ... |
| -0.22538 | Prokopi defended his handling of the dinosaur, saying the value of the bones was labeled much lower than the eventual auction price because "it was loose, mostly broken bones and rocks with embedded bones. It was not what you see today, a virtually complete, mounted skeleton." |
| 0.514284 | "Well, apparently," Prokopi said, ... |
| -0.0392994 | Prokopi said the labeling of the relics was purposefully "vague and misleading so that they didn't bring attention to the shipment." |
| 0 | "Probably nothing," Prokopi said, ... |
| -0.030876 | "Probably nothing," Prokopi said, pausing and then adding, "or it may not have been allowed to be imported." |
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| 0 | "It's among the larger dinosaur shopping lists you'll see today," Bell told ... |
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A Florida fossil dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling charges Thursday and agreed to give up a celebrated $1 million dinosaur skeleton that was seized by the U.S. government earlier this year for eventual return to Mongolia.
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