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Florida art dealer gets nearly 4 years in prison for scheme to sell fake Andy Warhol artworks

Florida art dealer gets nearly 4 years in prison for scheme to sell fake Andy Warhol artworks

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Florida art dealer gets nearly 4 years in prison for scheme to sell fake Andy Warhol artworks
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MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida art dealer has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for a scheme that involved selling fake Andy Warhol artworks.Leslie Howard Roberts, 63, was sentenced in Miami federal court this month to three years and 10 months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He must also pay back nearly $2.6 million that he earned from the scheme.Roberts, the owner of Miami Fine Art Gallery in Coconut Grove, was arrested…

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