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Subject:        Forbes Smiley's restitution bill
Date:   Wed, 23 May 2007 12:42:44 +0100
From:   Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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< http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May22/0,4670,StolenMaps,00.html >

'Map Thief Ordered to Pay $2.3M' (by John Christoffersen for the Associated
Press, 22 May 2007)

'A man who admitted stealing about 100 rare old maps from libraries was
ordered Tuesday to pay $2.3 million in restitution to his victims around the
country and abroad. E. Forbes Smiley III, 50, was sentenced in September to
3 1/2 years in prison. He was tentatively ordered to pay restitution of $1.9
million, but that figure was changed after the parties worked to recover the
maps and assess their value ... The money will go to map dealers and
libraries in Connecticut, New York, Boston, Maine and Britain.

"It's bittersweet. It doesn't mean that they're going to get the money,"
said John Koegel, an attorney who represents some of the dealers. Whether
Smiley's victims will receive the money depends on his ability to pay after
he gets out of prison and the government's ability to sell his assets,
Koegel said. Prosecutors said in court papers that 96 maps have been
recovered and four remain missing. Authorities said they cannot be certain
whether Smiley, of Martha's Vineyard, has told them of all the stolen maps
..'

[For a fuller version see the Boston Globe piece <
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/05/22/map_thief_ordered_to_pay_23_million_in_restitution/
>].

Tony Campbell

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extract from: 'The E. Forbes Smiley III map thefts: reports and news
stories'

< http://www.maphistory.info/smileynews.html >