Chicago: Four individuals have been arrested for stealing dinosaur fossils from the United States and selling them to China. All four arrested individuals including a father and son are U.S. citizens hailing from Los Angeles, Oregon, and Utah. They are facing charges under the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act for illegally smuggling dinosaur bones from southeastern Utah and exporting them to China.
The defendants were involved in the illegal export of dinosaur fossils valued at approximately one million dollars. Their actions also caused more than 30 million dollars in damages to these valuable fossils, which were often broken into multiple pieces. According to the U.S. special investigation team, these illegal activities occurred over a span of five years, from March 2018 to March 2023.
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