Palm Beach Art Dealer Pleads Guilty

Crooks in Palm Beach? Oh no!

A Florida art dealer has pleaded guilty to laundering money from an art fraud scheme

said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO)

Daniel Elie Bouaziz, a Palm Beach art dealer, plead guilty last week to laundering money derived from his scheme to sell counterfeit artwork.

According to the USAO, Bouaziz owns art galleries in South Florida, including Danieli Fine Art at 226A Worth Avenue in Palm Beach County and Galerie Danieli at 230 Worth Avenue in Palm Beach County.

Specifically, on or about Oct. 25, 2021, the release said, Bouaziz sold counterfeit artwork to a customer, including pieces purportedly by artist Andy Warhol. Bouaziz reportedly told the customer that the works that he was selling, for between $75,000 and $240,000, were authentic Warhol pieces, and that some were signed by the artist.

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