Jul 22 2002
From The Space Library
The FBI and NASA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the arrest of three students employed at NASA's JSC. The FBI had charged the students with the theft of lunar and meteorite samples. According to the FBI, the three student employees and another man had stolen a safe containing the samples and had attempted to sell the specimens. JSC had notified the FBI and NASA's OIG of the possible theft on 15 July. (NASA, “NASA Cooperating in Investigation of Theft,” news release 02-133, 22 July 2002; Los Angeles Times, “4 Charged in Theft of NASA Moon Rocks,” 23 July 2002.)
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