Art court dispute

Art adviser Lisa Schiff sentenced to thirty months for client fraud

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Lisa Schiff. Photograph: Udo Salters / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, reproduced by The Art Newspaper.
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Lisa Schiff was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a roughly $6.5 million fraud connected to purchases and sales of about 55 artworks. Prosecutors described diversion of client money to personal and business expenses. The sentence followed her guilty plea.

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