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Friday, 30 May 2014 08:12

Real Estate Developer Charged in Art Fraud Case

Brugnara made a deal to acquire 16 Willem de Kooning paintings for S7.3 million. Brugnara made a deal to acquire 16 Willem de Kooning paintings for S7.3 million.

A convicted tax evader and trout poacher from San Francisco has been charged with mail fraud for allegedly falsely claiming that he had $11 million to buy artwork.

Luke Brugnara, 50, was named in a complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Federal prosecutors accused him of taking delivery of the art and then refusing to pay for the pieces or return them.

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