KETCHIKAN — A Washington state man who had pleaded guilty in April to violating the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act by selling products made in the Philippines as authentic Alaska Native produced artwork in two Ketchikan shops was sentenced in federal court Monday to two years in federal prison.
The jail sentence received by Cristobal “Cris” Magno Rodrigo, 59, is 18 months longer than the previous longest sentence yet handed down for an IACA violation in the United States, according to Indian Arts and Crafts Board information from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.
