Counterfeit Art Dealer Extradited to US After Dodging Jail Time for a Decade
An art dealer who fled the United States 13 years ago after being charged for selling counterfeit artwork online will finally face jail time. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that Angela Catherine Hamblin, 74, had be extradited from Germany to the U.S.Hamblin had been charged with one count of mail fraud in 2007 after selling an estimate $410,000 in fake works on the online platform eBay and in private transactions that were attributed to the British artist Joseph Mallord Will
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