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May 14 2008, AP

A businessman accused of bilking the Taiwanese government out of nearly $30 million committed no crime and is prepared to return part of the money, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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Philippe Quint plays a Guarneri violin in the taxi holding area at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, May 6 , 2008. Quint left his own violin, a 1723 Stradivari valued at $4 million, in a taxi and the instrument was being...