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Leigh Morse Ordered to Continue Repayments on $1.6 Million Fraud Restitution

Monday, July 20th, 2015

Leigh Morse has been ordered again by a New York judge to continue paying off the $1.6 million in restitution she owes to victims.  Morse had drawn criticism for barely paying any of the legally mandated repayment, while refusing to sell her uptown apartment or her Pennsylvania weekend home.  “She doesn’t want to change her lifestyle. She won’t even do what people do all over New York — rent!” says prosecutor Kenn Kern.
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Leigh Morse, director of Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, dealer for Robert DeNiro (who testified), to serve prison sentence and pay $1.65 million restitution for fraud [AO Newslink]

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