Los Angeles Art Dealer Sentenced for Smuggling Stolen Antiquities and Overseeing Charitable Deduction Tax Scam

A Los Angeles art dealer identified as Markell was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle stolen antiquities into the United States by making false declarations to U.S. Customs authorities, and separately to conspiring to commit tax fraud through a charitable deduction scheme. The case was announced by ICE Homeland Security Investigations.