Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr, known in the NFT community as "Repulse" and “Zayous”, faces up to five years in federal prison
Bankruptcy trustees have proposed selling hundreds of works through the auction house, with hopes to recover up to $2m
Dimitri Simes and his wife Anastasia have been charged with three counts of violating US sanctions, including money laundering through the acquisition of art
Christian Claus faces decades in prison for faking an art heist that would have netted a co-conspirator a $128,500 insurance payout
An imitation website has been phishing for credit card details
More than 40 people bought what they thought were original paintings by Max, but were in fact prints to which the seller had added paint and signatures
The convicted art dealer is out of jail—and likely to return to the trade
Experts predict few operational changes after Sotheby’s wins fraud trial
As the trial between the Russian billionaire and the auction house is thrashed out, it may be time to consider incorporating blockchain into the art scholarship process
An active-duty senior airman was detained for his role in a scheme overhyping the value of NFTs
'Fake heiress' launches show while under house arrest in New York
Sorokin's former lawyer, who faces charges of financial crimes herself, has accused the notorious scammer with withholding payments
Angela Catherine Hamblin, who has been hiding out in a small village in Scotland for over a decade, is being extradited to the US
The former employee faces four federal charges over an alleged fraud scheme that went on for 13 years
Court documents from the ongoing Inigo Philbrick fraud saga reveal that the secretive art market and the sheer attractiveness of its lifestyle will always suck the punters in
Newland was arrested in the UK in February and extradited to the United States in September, where he admitted his role in the $86m scheme for which Inigo Philbrick was sentenced to seven years in prison
Robert Newland worked for Philbrick’s secondary market business Modern Collections before stints at Hauser & Wirth and Superblue
Martinez has been indicted for “complicity of gang fraud and laundering“ of objects purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Louvre Abu Dhabi
Philbrick pleaded guilty to an $86m fraud in November in one of the art world's highest-profile criminal lawsuits in decades
Schultz, who died last month, was arrested in 2019 on suspicion he cheated customers
The authors’ overview of the types of art crime includes serious analysis—and some entertaining tales
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Attorney general claims the auction house created and used tax exemption certificates that falsely presented the buyer as an art dealer in order to dodge payments. Sotheby's says it will continue to contest the case
Modi, who is currently held in Wandsworth Prison in London, is wanted for allegedly defrauding a state bank of £729m
An heir of an early owner claims that family members conspired to have it sold without his knowledge
US collector Linda Hickox is seeking to recover the work which was sold via broker by the now jailed art dealer Timothy Sammons
The rise of the online art market means due diligence on purchasing art is becoming increasingly complex
Authorities have accused Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan of running an alleged scheme to swindle buyers by using fake provenances
The dealer was arrested by the FBI on the Pacific island Vanuatu last month and transferred into federal custody
The Swiss art dealer had been accused of fraud and money laundering by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev—a related case in Geneva remains active