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Case Summary
United States v. Righter
United States v. Righter, No. 2:220-cr-00131 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 10, 2020) and No. 1:2019-cr-20370 (S.D. FL. Mar. 16, 2020), No. 1:2019-cr-20370 (S.D.FL. July 15, 2020) and 1:20-cr-20164 (S.D.FL. July 15, 2020).
Précis
After pleading guilty to criminal charges in California and Florida for creating false provenance documents and selling fake artworks purported to be by Basquiat, Haring, Lichtenstein, Schwitters, and Warhol, Philip Bennet Righter was sentenced to 60 …
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