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Input: Earlier today, the United States filed a civil complaint to forfeit thousands of cuneiform tablets and clay bullae. As alleged in the complaint, these ancient clay artifacts originated in the area of modern-day Iraq and were smuggled into the United States through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, contrary to federal law. Packages containing the artifacts were shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (“Hobby Lobby”), a nationwide arts-and-crafts retailer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and two of Hobby Lobby’s corporate affiliates. The shipping labels on these packages falsely described cuneiform tablets as tile “samples.” 
  
 The government also filed a stipulation of settlement with Hobby Lobby, in which Hobby Lobby consented to the forfeiture of the artifacts in the complaint, approximately 144 cylinder seals and an additional sum of $3 million, resolving the civil action. Hobby Lobby further agreed to adopt internal policies and procedures governing its importation and purchase of cultural property, provide appropriate training to its personnel, hire qualified outside customs counsel and customs brokers, and submit quarterly reports to the government on any cultural property acquisitions for the next eighteen months. 
  
 The complaint and stipulation of settlement were announced by Bridget M. Rohde, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York. 
  
 “American collectors and importers must ensure compliance with laws and regulations that require truthful declarations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, so that Customs officers are able to scrutinize cultural property crossing our borders and prevent the inappropriate entry of such property,” stated Acting United States Attorney Rohde. “If they do not, and shippers use false declarations to try to clandestinely enter property into the United States, this Office and our law enforcement partners will discover the deceit and seize the property.” Ms. Rohde thanked U.S. Customs and Border Protection for its role in intercepting shipments and safeguarding the seized antiquities. 
  
 “The protection of cultural heritage is a mission that HSI and its partner U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) take very seriously as we recognize that while some may put a price on these artifacts, the people of Iraq consider them priceless,” stated Special Agent-in-Charge Melendez. 
  
 According to the complaint and stipulated statement of facts filed with the court, in or around 2009, Hobby Lobby began to assemble a collection of historically significant manuscripts, antiquities and other cultural materials. In connection with this effort, Hobby Lobby’s president and a consultant traveled to the UAE in July 2010 to inspect a large number of cuneiform tablets and other antiquities being offered for sale (the “Artifacts”). Cuneiform is an ancient system of writing on clay tablets that was used in ancient Mesopotamia thousands of years ago. 
  
 In October 2010, an expert on cultural property law retained by Hobby Lobby warned the company that the acquisition of cultural property likely from Iraq, including cuneiform tablets and cylinder seals, carries a risk that such objects may have been looted from archaeological sites in Iraq. The expert also advised Hobby Lobby to review its collection of antiquities for any objects of Iraqi origin and to verify that their country of origin was properly declared at the time of importation into the United States. The expert warned Hobby Lobby that an improper declaration of country of origin for cultural property could lead to seizure and forfeiture of the artifacts by CBP. 
  
 Notwithstanding these warnings, in December 2010, Hobby Lobby executed an agreement to purchase over 5,500 Artifacts, comprised of cuneiform tablets and bricks, clay bullae and cylinder seals, for $1.6 million. The acquisition of the Artifacts was fraught with red flags. For example, Hobby Lobby received conflicting information where the Artifacts had been stored prior to the inspection in the UAE. Further, when the Artifacts were presented for inspection to Hobby Lobby’s president and consultant in July 2010, they were displayed informally. In addition, Hobby Lobby representatives had not met or communicated with the dealer who purportedly owned the Artifacts, nor did they pay him for the Artifacts. Rather, following instructions from another dealer, Hobby Lobby wired payment for the Artifacts to seven personal bank accounts held in the names of other individuals. 
  
 With Hobby Lobby’s consent, a UAE-based dealer shipped packages containing the Artifacts to three different corporate addresses in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Between one and three shipments arrived at a time, without the required customs entry documentation being filed with CBP, and bore shipping labels that falsely and misleadingly described their contents as “ceramic tiles” or “clay tiles (sample).” . After approximately 10 packages shipped in this manner were received by Hobby Lobby and its affiliates, CBP intercepted five shipments. All of the intercepted packages bore shipping labels that falsely declared that the Artifacts’ country of origin was Turkey. No further shipments were received until September 2011, when a package containing approximately 1,000 clay bullae from the same purchase was received by Hobby Lobby. It was shipped by an Israeli dealer and accompanied by a false declaration stating that the bullae’s country of origin was Israel. 
  
 In executing the stipulation of settlement, Hobby Lobby has accepted responsibility for its past conduct and agreed to take steps to remedy the deficiencies that resulted in its unlawful importation of the Artifacts. Hobby Lobby has agreed to the forfeiture of all of the Artifacts shipped to the United States. 
  
 The government’s case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorneys Karin Orenstein and Ameet B. Kabrawala. 
  
 E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 17-CV-3980 (LDH) (VMS) 
  
  
  
 Exhibit A 
  
 Sample Images of the Defendants in Rem 
  
 Cuneiform Tablet 
  
 Cuneiform Tablets 
  
 Clay Bullae ||||| (CNN) A few blocks away from the National Mall, a historic building is being transformed to hold thousands of biblical artifacts owned by the president of Hobby Lobby. 
  
 The Museum of the Bible -- slated to open later in November -- is headed by Steve Green and will focus on the Bible's impact, history and narrative, its website says 
  
 The arts and crafts retail chain recently agreed to turn over thousands of biblical artifacts to the Department of Justice , but Green still owns about 40,000 items that will be displayed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, the museum states on its website. 
  
 "This is about the Bible. It's not about a faith, tradition or a church or a denomination. It's about a book," Green said about the museum in a video posted online. 
  
 40,000 antiquities 
  
 Green, the driving force behind the museum, has spent the last few years curating one of the world's largest private collections of biblical texts and artifacts. 
  
 He has been able to gather about 40,000 biblical antiquities that helped influence the Bible's formation since he purchased the first artifact in 2009, according to the latest of the museum's annual reports. 
  
 The collection's gem is the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, one of the world's earliest surviving Bibles, and it includes texts in Jesus' Palestinian Aramaic language. 
  
 "We believe it is the most incredible book that's ever been written," Green told CNN in a 2011 interview. "It is a book that has been ridiculed and vilified and yet loved." 
  
 Another item is a large portion of a Gutenberg Bible, which provoked the 15th century revolution in printing. A King James Bible, an influential centuries-old English translation, and other items emphasizing Jewish, Catholic and Protestant contributions to the book, also are part of Green's collection. 
  
 A rendering shows the Museum of the Bible 
  
 A traveling exhibit 
  
 The religious relics have not been stored in a warehouse gaining dust awaiting the museum's opening. 
  
 A preview of the museum's collection has been going on a cross-country tour since 2011, visiting cities such as Oklahoma City, Atlanta, and, more recently, Santa Clarita, California. 
  
 The "Passages" exhibit focuses on how "the biblical narrative has been passed on from ancient times to the modern age." 
  
 "The Bible didn't come from Mount Sinai to Moses and end up in a Red Roof Inn desk drawer," said Scott Carol, the first director of the collection. 
  
 Museum of the Bible is currently under construction in Washington. 
  
 A longtime Christian company 
  
 The Oklahoma City-based chain has never been shy about its Christian orientation since it was founded in 1972. 
  
 Its mission statement outlines a dedication to Christian principles and it is known for putting out religious newspaper ads around the holidays. 
  
 In 2014, Hobby Lobby led a legal battle in which the company argued that for-profit companies should not be required to pay for specific types of contraceptives for their employees. The Supreme Court ruled in its favor. 
  
 As is the case for some religious companies, Hobby Lobby stores across the nation are closed on Sundays to allow "associates time for family and for worship," the company states on its website 
  
 The chain's owners, the Green family, also own a Christian bookstore and educational supply chain. |||||
Output:
Hobby Lobby President Steve Green has apologized for what he calls "regrettable mistakes"—including buying thousands of artifacts after being warned they could have been looted from Iraq, and then shipping them to the US described only as "samples" or "ceramic tiles." The arts-and-crafts chain has agreed to return thousands of artifacts, including cuneiform tablets, and to pay $3 million to settle a case brought by the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, NBC News reports. Prosecutors said the 2010 acquisition of the items from dealers in the United Arab Emirates and Israel was "fraught with red flags" that the company ignored, reports the New York Times. Prosecutors say an expert on cultural law warned Hobby Lobby that there was a very good chance the items could have been stolen from archaeological sites in Iraq. The expert also advised the chain to make sure the country of origin was properly declared, but the items ended up being imported to the US wrongly labeled as items from Turkey. Green blamed the episode on inexperience, saying they should have "exercised more oversight and carefully questioned how the acquisitions were handled." CNN reports that despite forfeiting the 5,500 artifacts, Hobby Lobby still has around 40,000 items to display in the Museum of the Bible that it plans to open this fall in Washington, DC. (The Green family has spent tens of millions buying Biblical items for the museum.)