LOS ANGELES—A Palmdale man was sentenced Thursday to three months in federal prison for illegally importing a 2,000-pound ancient mosaic depicting the Roman god Hercules dating from the era of the Roman Empire by using fraudulent documents in hopes of avoiding import duties.
Yassin Alcharihi, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George W. Hu, who also granted the government’s application for a preliminary order of forfeiture for the mosaic.
