Two well-known French antique experts, Georges “Bill” Pallot and Bruno Desnoues, have been convicted of creating and selling fake 18th-century chairs falsely claimed to belong to French royalty, including Marie …
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art crime
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LONDON — A man linked to one of Britain’s most audacious art thefts has avoided jail after a judge ruled he had been manipulated by the masterminds behind the crime. …
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Thomas Trotta, 56, was sentenced on March 13 and also ordered to repay $2.8 million in restitution for his role in the thefts. He was the fourth individual to be …