ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BUYER BEWARE. A 51 YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA MAN WAS ARRAIGNED IN ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY ON CHARGES OF FRAUDULENTLY CREATING AND SELLING JEWELRY AS NATIVE-AMERICAN MADE. ROBERT HAACK ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA TO THE ALLEGATIONS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY HAACK MADE AND SOLD THE JEWELRY IN 2013 AND 2014. ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS WAS AN ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT. HAACK ALLEGEDLY USED ONLINE MARKETING TO SELL THE ARTWORK, INCLUDING PIECES HE SAID WERE THE WORK OF FAMED HOPI ARTIST CHARLES LOLOMA.
IF HE’S CONVICTED HE FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
