Jose Martinez假冒原住民卖假印第安艺术品认罪 被判24个月监管缓刑并退赔14100美元
美国内政部11月10日宣布，Jose Martinez 已于11月3日在位于内华达州的美国内华达区联邦地区法院认罪，承认犯下一项违反《印第安艺术与手工艺法》（Indian Arts and Crafts Act）的重罪，他把假冒的印第安艺术品冒充真正的美国原住民制品出售。内华达区首席法官 Andrew P. Gordon 判处 Martinez 24个月监管缓刑，并责令他退赔14,100美元。
法庭陈述显示，Martinez 以 Joseph Skywolf 的名义经营 Skywolf's Gallery，自2023年12月7日左右起至2024年12月10日左右止，出售或陈列头饰、珠宝、绘画和串珠鞣制兽皮等多种艺术品，谎称这些作品由印第安人或某个具体印第安部落制作。
内政部印第安艺术与手工艺委员会（Indian Arts and Crafts Board）主任 Meridith Stanton 表示，Martinez 在出售假冒印第安艺术品时谎称自己是 Chiricahua Apache、Apache、Navajo 和美国原住民，损害了真正的印第安艺术家以及印第安经济、文化和传统。他通过流动经营的 Skywolf's Gallery、此前设在 Wyoming 州 Jackson 的画廊，以及西部、西南部和平原地区的多个印第安艺术市场等场所售假，欺骗了不知情的消费者。
Stanton 表示，该委员会依法负责管理和执行《印第安艺术与手工艺法》，这是一部保护印第安艺术家和消费者的反假冒法律。此案由美国内华达区检察官办公室和美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service）的印第安艺术与手工艺调查部门查办。
（来源：美国内政部）
Jose Martinez Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Native American Art, Sentenced to 24 Months of Supervised Probation and $14,100 in Restitution
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on November 10 that Jose Martinez pled guilty on November 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to a felony violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, for misrepresenting and selling fake Indian artwork as authentic Native American made products. Chief U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon sentenced Martinez to 24 months of supervised probation and ordered him to pay $14,100 in restitution.
According to statements made in court, Martinez, doing business as Joseph Skywolf of Skywolf's Gallery, offered or displayed for sale various kinds of artwork, such as headdresses, jewelry, paintings, and beaded tanned hides, beginning on or about December 7, 2023, and continuing to about December 10, 2024, falsely representing that they were made by an Indian or by a specific Indian Tribe.
Meridith Stanton, Director of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior, said Martinez, while falsely claiming to be Chiricahua Apache, Apache, Navajo, and Native American when selling his counterfeit Indian art, undercut authentic Indian artists and Indian economies, culture, and traditions. Through sales made from his mobile Skywolf's Gallery, his previous Skywolf's Gallery in Jackson, Wyoming, and various Indian art markets and other venues across the West, Southwest, and Plains regions, he deceived unwitting consumers.
Stanton said the Board is responsible by statute for administering and enforcing the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, an anti-counterfeiting law that protects Indian artists and consumers. The case was investigated by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Indian Arts and Crafts Investigative Unit.
(Source: U.S. Department of the Interior)
来源：美国内政部
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图片来源：图：美国内政部主内政大楼外景（华盛顿）。内政部印第安艺术与手工艺委员会负责执行《印第安艺术与手工艺法》。ajay_suresh 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Main Interior Building of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington. The Department's Indian Arts and Crafts Board enforces the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. By ajay_suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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