Miami Art Gallery Owner Indicted on Fraud Charges

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Miami Art Gallery Owner Indicted on Fraud Charges




Coconut Grove artwork seller and Miami Fine Art Gallery proprietor Leslie Roberts has been charged with wire fraud conspiracy and cash laundering for allegedly taking part in a scheme to promote solid Andy Warhol artwork utilizing faux and fraudulent invoices, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida introduced on Thursday. FBI brokers raided the gallery on Wednesday, with native TV cameras capturing them hauling out giant bins of proof. In a press launch, federal prosecutors say Roberts fraudulently represented the artwork as genuine Warhol items by telling victims that he bought the art work immediately from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts…

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