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Texas Man Who Orchestrated $20 M. Crypto Scam Based on Fictitious Van Gogh and Picasso Masterpieces Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison

Summary by ARTnews
A Houston man has been sentenced to a lengthy prison stay after robbing investors of millions in savings through a bogus cryptocurrency that was supposedly backed by a collection of works by Salvador Dalí, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and other famed artists. Nearly 1,000 victims were cheated out of more than $20 million, with many losing their entire savings.  A federal jury in the Northern District of Illinois convicted Robert Dunlap, 55…
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ARTnews broke the news on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
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