
California man pleads guilty to selling more than $1 million of forged artwork
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A California man pleaded guilty on Monday to selling more than $1.1 million of forged artwork between 2018 and 2020.
Jason Harrington, 38, admitted that he intentionally sold the forged artwork purportedly created two well-known artists, Richard Hambleton and Barkley Hendricks, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California. "Mr. Harrington created multiple fake paintings, devised elaborate cover stories to authenticate them, targeted unsuspecting buyers, and sold over a million dollars of forged artwork," said FBI Special Agent Suzanne Turner. "Fraudulent and forged artwork degrades the integrity and trust within the art community and today's guilty plea should send a clear message -- the FBI will aggressively pursue those who use fraud schemes to make a living, regardless of the type of instrument used to commit the fraud."
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