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Miami art dealer sentenced for selling forged Warhol works
Miami art dealer Leslie Roberts, 62, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison on October 2 for selling forged Andy Warhol artwork. He pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to commit wire fraud. The U.S. Justice Department said Roberts created fraudulent invoices, fake authentication documents, and counterfeit stamps to deceive buyers. He falsely claimed the works came from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and sold them through his Miami gallery. A judge also ordered him to repay $2.6 million, the Associated Press reported.
The Justice Department said Roberts…
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