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Dinosaur 'thief' pleads guilty to smuggling

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A man accused of smuggling 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeletons, including a Tyrannosaur, into the United States pleaded guilty in court on Thursday.

Eric Prokopi, 38, is to be sentenced on April 25.

He faces up to 17 years in jail and a $250,000 fine on charges of conspiring to smuggle illegal goods, transporting goods taken by fraud and using false statements to import goods.AFP


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