IT WAS AN INVESTIGATION THAT REACHED FROM NEW MEXICO TO CALIFORNIA AND THE PHILIPPINES. NOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHARGES OF SELLING PHILIPPINE-MADE JEWELRY AS HAVING BEEN CRAFTED BY NATIVE AMERICANS.
U-S ATTORNEY DAMON MARTINEZ SAYS IT RESULTED IN THE ARRESTS OF THREE NEW MEXICANS. NAEL ALI, OWNER OF GALLERY 8 AND GALLERIA AZUL IN OLD TOWN, WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY. A FORMER STORE MANAGER, CHRISTINA BOWEN OF LOS LUNAS, IS ALSO IN CUSTODY. A THIRD PERSON, MOHAMMAD ABED MANASRA, WAS ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA. HE’S ACCUSED OF SUPPLYING THE PHILIPPINE-MADE JEWELRY.
