Mexico City judge orders proceedings in alleged fraud over paintings attributed to Kahlo and Siqueiros
N+ reports that a judge ordered criminal proceedings against Ricardo N on 3 November over an alleged 25-million-peso art-sale fraud. Prosecutors say false property documents secured the unpaid purchase of two paintings attributed to Frida Kahlo and David Alfaro Siqueiros. The defendant remains in pretrial detention, with one month allowed for further investigation. No conviction, recovery or determination that the paintings are forged is reported.
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