SOME PEOPLE WHO SHOPPED AT TWO OLD TOWN JEWELRY STORES WEREN’T GETTING WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING. GALLERY 8 AND GALERIA AZUL SOLD ITEMS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NATIVE AMERICAN MADE. BUT SOME OF THE JEWELRY WAS ACTUALLY MADE IN THE PHILIPPINES .
THE STORES’ OWNER COULD NOW BE HEADED TO PRISON. FIFTY-THREE YEAR OLD NAEL ALI PLEADED GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TO VIOLATING THE INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS ACT. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE RECOMMENDING THAT HE GET A YEAR AND A HALF BEHIND BARS.
ANOTHER MAN HAS ALSO PLEADED GUILTY IN THE CASE. SENTENCING HEARINGS HAVE NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED.
