Art dealer sentenced to prison for selling fake Warhol and Basquiat paintings.
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Art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz has been sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for selling fake paintings by artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, and Henri Matisse. Bouaziz, who owned Danieli Fine Art and Galerie Danieli in Palm Beach county, sold counterfeit artworks to a customer for between $75,000 and $240,000, claiming they were authentic originals. He pleaded guilty to a single count of money laundering, and prosecutors agreed to drop 16 other counts related to fraud and embezzlement.
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