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1 week agoPennsylvania man sentenced to prison for fraud scheme involving forged works by Picasso, Basquiat and Warhol
A man in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for selling forged works that he falsely claimed were by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and other blue-chip artists. Carter Reese pleaded guilty in May to one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud, admitting that between February 2019 and March 2021, he knowingly sold and attempted to sell counterfeit works.
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