Staff Reports
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A husband and wife from New Mexico appeared in federal court in Asheville on April 20 and pleaded guilty to smuggling counterfeit Native American jewelry made in Vietnam and selling it to customers in the U.S. as authentic, according U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson.
Kiem Thanh Huynh, 60, and My Ngoc Truong, 61, pleaded guilty to misrepresentation of Indian goods in an amount greater than $1,000, in violation of the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act, and smuggling…