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Case Summary
United States v. Wiseman
United States v. Wiseman, No. 89-CR-00125 (D. Haw. 1989), aff’d, 991 F.2d 804 (9th Cir. 1993).
Précis
The president and majority stockholder of Honolulu-based Center Art Gallery, William Mett, and its vice-president and director, Marvin Wiseman, were both convicted of multiple counts of mail and wire
fraud
The intentional use of deceit, a trick or some dishonest means to deprive another of his money, property or legal right, either as a cause of action or as a fatal element in the action itself.
fraud for selling thousands of forged Salvador Dali prints. The artworks were later sold at a court-ordered auction in an attempt to recover some of the costs of the investigation.
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