I am looking at interest with the Richard Beale case. I sold my Ancient coin collection (apart from British Celtic) through Roma a couple of years ago, as I moved to focus on collecting British coinage. Looks like his case is getting reported in the mainstream press here in the UK. They are quoting that he will face up to 25 years in prison, which is astonishing from a UK perspective.
I don't know too much about how the US legal system operates, but I don't think he will get that much if he decides to agree to a plea deal if it is offered? But I don't think it looks good for Beale in avoiding some form of jail time. I was reading this article in the New York magazine about Michael Steinhardt, who agreed to a lifetime ban from collecting, without ever being convicted.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/michael-steinhardt-antiquities-stolen-artifacts.html
Bogdanos stated that if he could get a unscrupulous dealer jailed, this would according to him finally clean up the antiquitues trade. The problem for Beale is, that he does not have as deep pockets as Steinhardt in employing expensive lawyers to fight this, that is against some very determined prosecutors.
