Wyoming Fossil Retailer Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Dinosaur Bones from China and Mongolia
A Wyoming fossil dealer pleaded guilty on Jan. 2 to illegally smuggling dinosaur bones and other fossils from China and Mongolia into the United States. John Rolater will pay a $25,000 fine and will forfeit fossils with an estimated value…
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of $2,450,815, including skulls from a sabertooth tiger and a tyrannosaurus bataar, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rolater owns and operates two "By Nature Gallery" retail stores in Jackson, Wyo., and Beaver Creek, Colo. The fossils were discovered in two homes owned by Rolator during searches prompted by a call to ICE’s hot-line.