Art forgery

Eric Spoutz arrested and charged over alleged art forgeries

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Collage of forgeries from the Eric Spoutz case. FBI.
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Federal prosecutors announced Eric Spoutz’s arrest on a fraud charge over dozens of works allegedly misattributed to American artists. This report records the February 2016 charge, not a conviction. His later sentence is covered separately on the site.

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Art forgery

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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait (1630), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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