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Vance v. Kapoor

Vance v. Kapoor, 451488/2015 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. filed April 14, 2015).

Felony Arrest Warrant People of New York v. Asokan, No. CR-022431-19NY (N.Y. Crim. Ct. July 8, 2019).

Précis
In 2015, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office brought a civil forfeiture action against antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor over an enormous collection of allegedly looted antiquities seized from Kapoor’s New York gallery and warehouses. It is part of a wide-ranging investigation...Seven years after Kapoor’s initial arrest warrant in New York in 2012 for possession of stolen property, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office filed formal criminal charges against Kapoor and seven co-conspirators in July 2019.






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