FBN: Hobby Lobby Forfeits More than 5K Iraqi Artifacts over Smuggling Scandal

Hobby Lobby has been fined $3 million for smuggling Iraqi artifacts

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PAYNE: "Hobby Lobby agrees to forfeit more than 5,000 artifacts smuggled out of Iraq. Ashley you have the details on this." 
WEBSTER: "Yeah, this happened about 6 years ago, 5500 ancient artifacts including tablets and cylinder seals. They bought for $1.6 million. Although the feds say all of this was fraught with red flags. And they were shipped to three separate addresses in Oklahoma City, the shipping labels describe them as, quote 'ceramic tiles' or 'clay tiles'. Obviously this seemed a bit fishy and they've been under investigation for quite some time. Ultimately they agree to -- to return these artifacts back to Iraq and pay this $3 million dollar fine."

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