![]() ![]() ![]() Roosevelt Presidential Library, New York Historical Society and Maryland Historical Society. The documents were allegedly taken from the Franklin D. "This scheme, which was exposed thanks to a vigilant employee of the Maryland Historical Society, a quick response by the Baltimore Police Department and State's Attorney's Office and a swift investigation by the FBI, should send a wake-up call to museums that entrust valuable documents to persons who claim to be engaged in academic research." "The indictment alleges that Barry Landau and Jason James Savedoff conspired to steal irreplaceable historical documents from museums and sell them for personal profit," said United States Attorney Rod J. The pair stands accused, according to a document on the FBI's website, of conspiring to steal valuable historic documents related to Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, from museums in New York and Maryland. who attended McGill University, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 28 along with his apparent mentor, presidential historian Barry H. Jason James Savedoff, a 24-year-old from B.C. and accused of taking part in a scheme to steal historical documents from American museums, and then sell them for a profit. A Canadian man has been arrested in the U.S. ![]()
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