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Oh January 17th a New York City man Richard Silver was sentenced to only 60 days in jail and ordered to make restituion in the amount of $84,000.00 before sentencing.
The 44-year-old real estate broker, photographer and part-time art dealer pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor forgery and false-filing charges.
Silver unwittingly bought what turned out to be fake prints by British artist Damien Hirst. The Irvine, Calif.-based seller went to prison for the scam.
Silver admitted he then falsified appraisals as he resold the pieces. Defense lawyer Vinoo Varghese says Silver altered legitimate appraisals for some prints to match other works so he could ship them quickly. He also has some unreported tax issues as well.
All of this and he only gets 60 days. Does anyone have any intel on the original seller from Irvine Calif.
Tags: Damien-Hirst, art, richard-silver
Permalink Reply by DB on February 16, 2012 at 2:29am opps, probably wondering why is this in the ebay threads;
Victim Chris Walker had purchased the prints from Silver in 2006 through eBay. The 50 year old Former Salesman for the Corcoran Group real-estate brokerage will need to find a new occupation.
It's not just COAs one needs to validate.
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