British art dealer Timothy Sammons has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for defrauding his clients over sales of masterpieces by Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. “When brokering the sales of high-priced, one-of-a-kind paintings, Timothy Sammons had lying, scamming, and stealing down to a fine art,” said Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance after the sentencing at New York State supreme court.
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