Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Seven charged with counterfeiting


Thousands of counterfeit limited-edition prints of works purportedly drawn by famous artists were sold at inflated prices to victims around the world, federal authorities said Wednesday in announcing federal charges in Chicago against two suburban art distributors and five others.

To make matters worse, the counterfeit prints were of modern art.

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