Eight charged in massive art fraud investigation

Over 1,000 paintings seized, 8 people arrested in Norval Morrisseau art fraud

More than 1,000 paintings were seized and eight people face a total of 40 charges resulting from a years-long police investigation into the forgery of artwork by Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau.

Eight charged in massive art fraud investigation

Eight people are accused of forging the work of renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau in a massive art fraud investigation.

8 Ontario residents charged following years-long famed Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau art fraud investigation:Allegations were made by Morrisseau himself and Barenaked Ladies guitarist Kevin Hearn

Allegations were made by Morrisseau himself and Barenaked Ladies guitarist Kevin Hearn

Eight people arrested, charged in Norval Morrisseau art fraud investigation

Ontario Provincial Police say the arrests took place in Thunder Bay, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Simcoe County and a community near Markham

Norval Morrisseau art fraud probe results in charges against 8 people, 1,000 paintings seized

Eight people face a total of 40 charges resulting from a police investigation into the forgery of artwork by Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau. The investigation began in Thunder Bay, Ont., and grew to include provincial police.

Ontario art fraud ring made hundreds of Norval Morrisseau forgeries worth $100 million, police say

Among the eight people arrested in the massive investigation is the nephew of the internationally renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, who died in 2007.