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TAHLEQUAH, OK - The judge who previously shut down the bogus license tag and coin sales operation of a group calling itself the “real” Cherokee Nation has issued a written order for the group not to dispose of any revenues or profits the group made from selling bogus car tags and coins.

District court judge Bruce Sewell further ordered that the defendants, including Art Nave and Robin Mayes, not dispose of any financial records or inventory.

Judge Sewell also ruled that the plaintiff, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is “the sole legal entity with authority to represent itself as the Cherokee Nation.”

Mr. Mayes and Mr. Nave, the defendants, "can show no proof whatsoever entitling them to asset representative capacity as ‘the’ Cherokee Nation", Sewell wrote. "In fact, it is clear that these defendants have no greater authority to claim that ‘they’ are ‘the’ Cherokee Nation than any other citizen of the United States of America, or for that matter, the world. The defendant's actions pose a real and substantial danger of eminent harm to the citizens of Oklahoma as well as the citizens of Cherokee heritage."

Judge Sewell's order keeps the group from using the seal of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, or a similar seal. It bans the sale of the group’s car tags and coins. It prohibits the bogus group from using the name Cherokee Nation on the Internet, on signs or business cards.