Disgraced mega-donor to Anti-Defamation League forced to hand over $70 million in stolen antiques…

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Disgraced mega-donor to Anti-Defamation League forced to hand over $70 million in stolen antiques…

December 11th, 2021

Awake Goy

Michael Steinhardt Banned from Collecting Antiquities

New York hedge fund billionaire and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt has handed over $70 million worth of antiquities after a criminal probe found the items he had acquired were stolen.

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“For decades, Michael Steinhardt displayed a rapacious appetite for plundered artifacts without concern for the legality of his actions, the legitimacy of the pieces he bought and sold, or the grievous cultural damage he wrought across the globe,” Vance said in a statement.

“His pursuit of ‘new’ additions to showcase and sell knew no geographic or moral boundaries, as reflected in the sprawling underworld of antiquities traffickers, crime bosses, money launderers, and tomb raiders he relied upon to expand his collection.”