Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Florida man indicted in Wisconsin on charges of selling fake Native American jewelry

A Florida man is charged with pretending to be Native American and selling his jewelry as “Native American-made” in northern Wisconsin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin ...
MLive

Man who sold fake Native American art at Ann Arbor Art Fair sentenced to probation, $25K fine

MADISON, Wis – A Florida artist who was charged federally for lying to potential buyers across the Midwest by selling bogus Native American-made art has been sentenced in federal court. Jose Farinango ...
WOOD-TV

Court docs: Vendor at Grand Haven Art Festival posed as Native American, sold fake goods

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — A former vendor at the Grand Haven Art Festival has been sentenced for posing as a Native American and selling fake Indigenous jewelry. Jose Farinango Muenala pleaded ...
KOB 4

Jurors in counterfeit Native jewelry case will watch video on unconscious bias

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry was allegedly imported from the Philippines and sold as Native American jewelry across New Mexico. Court documents filed in 2017 ...