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Just the Art, Hold the Tax

The New York attorney general claims in court that Sotheby's played along with a fraud when it sold $27 million worth of art to a collector who misrepresented himself as a dealer so that he could avoid sales tax.

MANHATTAN — The New York attorney general claims in court that Sotheby's played along with a fraud when it sold $27 million worth of art to a collector who misrepresented himself as a dealer so that he could avoid sales tax.

Categories / Arts, Consumers, Criminal, Entertainment, Government

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