Trial begins for RI art dealer accused of $6M con (AP)

6. March 2011, 1:25 UhrArts newsadmin0 comments

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Rocco DeSimone, a Rhode Island native and former art dealer convicted of tax evasion after selling a painting by impressionist Claude Monet. A fraud trial for DeSimone, who broke out of a federal prison in New Jersey in 2008 while serving a tax evasion sentence, begins Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo//U.S. Marshals, File)AP – A former art dealer earlier convicted of tax fraud duped investors out of $6 million and used the money to buy cars, antique Japanese swords and valuable works of art, a prosecutor said as the man’s trial began in federal court Wednesday.


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