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Carter Reese, a 77-year-old former teacher and college admissions consultant from Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 days in prison, two years of supervised release, a $50,000 fine, and $186,125 in restitution for selling forged artworks attributed to Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Joan Miró. Reese pleaded guilty to wire fraud and mail fraud in May, admitting that from 2019 to 2021 he sold or attempted to sell counterfeit pieces using false affidavits and signatures, and claimed he acquired them from a supplier using the pseudonym 'Ken James'—who had previously been convicted for selling $1 million in fake art.
