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77-Year-Old Artist Faces 40 Years for Forgery

6/6/2025

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Carter Reese, a 77-year-old from Reading, Pennsylvania, confessed to art forgery, selling counterfeit masterpieces falsely linked to legends like Picasso and Warhol between February 2019 and March 2021. Now facing a potential 40-year prison sentence, his fate will be decided on September 12, following a thorough investigation by the FBI.

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Carter Reese, a 77-year-old from Reading, Pennsylvania, confessed to art forgery, selling counterfeit masterpieces falsely linked to legends like Picasso and Warhol between February 2019 and March 2021. Now facing a potential 40-year prison sentence, his fate will be decided on September 12, following a thorough investigation by the FBI.