The judge, which turned out fan art of French painter, has made such a strict sentence, taking into account the previous "merits" of the criminal

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Portrait of a girl
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On Monday, a Manhattan court sentenced on charges of fraud, which featured a small female portrait painted by Camille Corot (Jean Baptiste Camille Coro). The work of Corot's "Girl", which is estimated at 1.35 million dollars, represents the young person sitting in a chair, and she looks very sad, as if it was aware of the circumstances in which her against her will have to participate .

co-defendant Thomas Doyle crook (Thomas Doyle) was sentenced to six years in prison - a sentence the judge decided to appoint, taking into account the previous "merits" of the defendant in a criminal career. Since 1970 Doyle 's time to make a variety of crimes, including theft, and its range of professional thieves interests was very wide, from fur coats to the statue by Degas. The last time Doyle went to jail in 2007 and spent two years in prison.

At this time Thomas Doyle misled investors by Gary Fitzgerald (Gary Fitzgerald), intends to buy a picture of Corot. caught in a fraudulent scheme Doyle, which the judge described as "crazy", the investor is still experiencing financial difficulties ,.

The court must pay Doyle Fitzgerald 880 000 dollars - the same amount he paid for the alleged swindler, "80 percent of property rights," the painting in June 2010. Doyle persuaded Fitzgerald, that the product can be resold Kingdom for $ 1.7 million to a certain customer (which in fact did not exist.) Doyle himself paid for the painting in its purchase of only 775 000 dollars, but Fitzgerald has assured that he gave her a 1.1 million .

At trial, Doyle said that in July 2010 gave a picture of his friend James Charles Heggerti (James Carl Haggerty), who was to become a mediator in the proposed transaction.'s testimony as Mr. Heggerti followed that evening at a meeting with Doyle, he was intoxicated and work somewhere lost. The painting was later recovered from the bushes, the gatekeeper at home on the Upper East Side.

Speaking before the court Doyle insisted that he corrected himself, entered the path of an honest life and decided to earn money legitimately. The judge, however, a favorite artist, by chance, was just Corot, was skeptical and warned the defendant that if he is within the next three years after release violates the law, then will return to prison.'s lawyer Donald Doyle Dyuboley (Donald Duboulay) said that the verdict was somewhat stronger than expected, he and his client, and that they plan to appeal. Portrait of a brush of Corot, who came into the possession of the FBI, will be sold and the money from the sale will be used for compensation of losses deceived investors.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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