Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy

The show’s curator stands by the authenticity of lithographs by the Surrealist artist, saying he has the documents to prove it.

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2 Charged With Stealing Dying Woman’s Home in New York

The New York State law seeks to make it easier to prosecute deed theft. The woman, who lived in Queens, had been in hospice care with dementia.

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She Tended to Patients Across 4 States. But She Wasn’t a Nurse, Police Say.

A woman who the Pennsylvania State Police say worked under multiple aliases faces multiple criminal charges. The authorities still aren’t sure of her real name.

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Ex-New York Assembly Candidate Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud

Dao Yin was charged after a New York Times investigation revealed that he reported receiving campaign contributions from people who said they had not made them.

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Venezuelan Man Is Arrested After Posing as a High School Student in Ohio

A 24-year-old has been charged with forgery after enrolling in an Ohio high school as a 16-year-old student, the federal authorities said.

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Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery

Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.

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Art Expert Accused of Duping Prince and Palace of Versailles Stands Trial

A connoisseur of 18th-century French furniture fooled buyers into purchasing chairs with fake royal pedigrees, authorities say. The distinct taste of licorice helped give him away.

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He Stole $400,000 in Diamonds and Swapped Them for Look-Alikes

Manashe Sezanayev, who owned a store in Manhattan’s diamond district, pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing diamonds owned by other merchants and replacing them with cheaper, lab-grown stones.

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A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked

Two art fraud rings in a remote Canadian city produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artist.

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A Ten Commandments Tablet Sells for More Than $5 Million at Auction

Sotheby’s called the stone the world’s oldest inscribed with the Ten Commandments, but some experts had raised questions about its provenance and authenticity.

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