Beverly Hills gallerist and auctioneer Joseph Chait sentenced to jail for ivory offences

Joseph Chait, 38, of the IM Chait gallery and auction house in Beverly Hills, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison after admitting he conspired to smuggle items of rhino horn, ivory and coral.

Chait – son of company founder Isadore Chait – falsified customs forms for overseas clients by stati…

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