Fraudster poses as buyer to get away with auction find
A FRAUDSTER has tricked a US auction house into handing over a valuable Japanese artwork by posing as the representative of the buyer, an English dealer. It is thought they targeted the piece after realising that it was worth a great deal more than it sold for.
Those involved used bogus email addresses and faxes to dupe the auctioneer.
The buyer, Tony Ashworth…