& Years For Phony Art Sales

A Los Angeles woman who sold $20 million US in phoney art through manipulated TV auctions and duped more than 10,000 art collectors has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Kristine Eubanks, 52, received the federal penitentiary sentence after having pleaded guilty in 2007 to a host of charges, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. Eubanks and her husband, Gerald Sullivan, conducted art auctions that were televised on DirecTV and The Dish Network on Friday and Saturday nights from 2002 to 2006. The couple claimed to sell art from "estate liquidations all over the world" - Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall, and forged signatures on some pieces. For full source and full article click the Headline). Irish Art