Crime Blotter: Gallery Owner Sentenced in Fine Art Photography Swindle
A Detroit-area gallery owner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for defrauding photography collectors out of $1.6 million worth of fine art photos, The gallerist, Wendy Halsted Beard, 59, of Birmingham, Mich., previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for the scheme, notes …
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