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February 6, 2013

Art dealer Guy Wildenstein charged with tax evasion

By Spear's

Wildenstein, the French-American heir to an art-dealing dynasty, was charged on January 24, the source said

Famed international art dealer Guy Wildenstein has been charged with tax evasion and money laundering in France following an investigation launched by the finance ministry, a judicial source said Wednesday.

Wildenstein, the French-American heir to an art-dealing dynasty, was charged on January 24, the source said, adding that his family’s notaries and a bank based in the Bahamas had also been charged with complicity in tax evasion. The bank is also facing money laundering charges.

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