Man Gets Probation In Fossil Importation Case

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Colorado man to one year of probation for understating the value of unspecified fossils imported from China to the United States.
Charles Magovern, 67, of Boulder pleaded guilty in July to filing false customs statements in 2010 with two other men, including a fossil dealer who pleaded guilty to federal charges last year.
Lawyers stipulated Tuesday that the loss to the government from the false statements in Magovern’s case