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Michigan art dealer gets 3-plus years in prison for forgeries

Art dealer Eric Spoutz leaves the federal court in Manhattan, U.S (PHOTO: REUTERS)

A Michigan art dealer was sentenced on Thursday to more than three years in prison for engaging in what prosecutors said was an extensive scheme to sell fake works by renowned artists, including Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning.

Eric Spoutz, who must also forfeit the $1.45 million he earned from the scheme and pay $154,100 in restitution, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan after pleading guilty in June to one count of wire fraud.

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