Hobby Lobby to return smuggled Iraqi artifacts, pay $3 million fine

[safeinOhio]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hobby-lobby-to-return-smuggled-iraqi-artifacts-pay-3-million-fine-2017-07-05

Arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby has agreed to hand over thousands of illicit Iraqi artifacts and pay $3 million to settle a civil forfeiture action brought by the Department of Justice, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The crafts retailer began to collect “historically significant manuscripts, antiquities and other cultural materials” around 2009, according to prosecutors.


This Christian Company, against their religion to pay for birth control, has no problem breaking the Ten Commandments.

[spanone]

1. fuck these hypocrites ....Christians my ass.

[safeinOhio]

2. just a fine.

Stealing stuff should be jail time.

Lock em up.

[GallopingGhost]

3. I would love to see this

company out of business.

[MineralMan]

4. Hypocrites, the lot of them!

They ran a full page ad in our paper on the 4th, basically saying that the USA is for Christians. May the go bankrupt soon!

[williesgirl]

5. Now's the time to put birth control back on the table!

[WinkyDink]

6. Earlier thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029291647

[smirkymonkey]

7. Bwahahahah!

Suck it, hypocrites! Do we still not have a middle finger smilie?

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Businesses are people, yet no one goes to jail. Tip: Do a crime under the umbrella of a business.

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An individual doing this would see prison time, along with a fine.

To a business, just a fine and a hearty, "Good day, sir!"

.

[MurrayDelph]

9. I've been saying since Citizens United

that we need to start arresting corporations.

Threaten them with 5 years of closed businesses, and they'll be begging to no longer be considered people.

[Beartracks]

10. Of course: "Despite warnings from a cultural property law expert the company hired..."

"With Hobby Lobby's consent they were falsely labeled as 'ceramics' and 'samples' and illegally shipped to Hobby Lobby stores and two corporate offices, according to the DOJ."



" 'We should have exercised more oversight and carefully questioned how the acquisitions were handled,' Hobby Lobby President Steve Green said in the statement."




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[Tatiana]

11. Well this just adds to the reasons why I boycott this loathsome company.

Primary because of their stance on healthcare for their female employees.

[DefenseLawyer]

12. Steal a loaf of bread from Wal-Mart

When you get stopped by security just offer to return it to the shelf and pay them for their trouble. See how that works out.

[TygrBright]

13. Hobby Lobby Robs Hammurabi n/t

[nitpicker]

14. Link to the DoJ PR

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-files-civil-action-forfeit-thousands-ancient-iraqi-artifacts-imported