Man arrested after selling Hawaiian skull through eBay
Friday, September 10, 2004 at 01:02AM
TheSpook
A man has been arrested for selling the skull of a Native Hawaiian
woman on eBay. Jerry David Hasson, 55, was charged after he sold
the skull to undercover agents working for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. Officials say the eBay listing included a claim from Hasson
that the skull was stolen in 1969 from an archeological excavation site
in Maui. Investigation revealed that the skull belonged to a Polynesian
woman who lived on the Hawaiian Islands sometime before 1178 and that
she was around 50 when she died. Hasson has been charged with violating
the federal U.S. Archeological Resources Protection Act. He faces a
maximum penalty of five years in prison and $250,000 fine if convicted.
Hasson is a California resident. This is not the first time that eBay
has been involved in the illegal trafficking of human remains. [more ]
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