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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Eric Berger

Art dealer who sold forged Warhols sentenced to nearly four years in prison

A woman in shadow holds her cellphone up to a lighted image of Grace Kelly.
A visitor snaps a photo of Grace Kelly, 1984, by Andy Warhol in Regents Park, London, on 16 October. Photograph: Stephen Chung/Alamy

A Miami art dealer who admitted to selling forged Andy Warhol artwork has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.

Leslie Roberts, 62, created fraudulent invoices and authentication documents, as well as counterfeit stamps to deceive buyers, the US justice department said in a statement issued on Thursday.

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