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$248K Scheme: Wilton Man Gets Prison Time For Selling Fake Paintings $248K Scheme: Wilton Man Gets Prison Time For Selling Fake Paintings
Wilton's Nicholas Hatch Sells Over $248K Of Fake Paintings A 29-year-old Connecticut man will spend more than a year in prison for selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit paintings, federal officials said. Fairfield County resident Nicholas Hatch of Wilton was sentenced to 14 months in prison for selling counterfeit works of art purported to have been painted by artist Peter Max, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Wednesday, April 17. Earlier Report - $248K Scheme: Wilton Man Admits Selling 145 Fraudulent Paintings To Victims According to federal officials, Hatch had been the owner of N…

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$248K Scheme: Wilton Man Admits Selling 145 Fraudulent Paintings To Victims $248K Scheme: Wilton Man Admits Selling 145 Fraudulent Paintings To Victims
$248K Scheme: Wilton Man Admits Selling 145 Fraudulent Paintings To Victims A Fairfield County man has admitted to participating in a scheme to sell counterfeit paintings and defrauding victims out of more than $248,000.  Wilton resident Nicholas Hatch, age 29, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 7 to a fraud offense resulting from his scheme to sell fraudulent paintings, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.  According to federal officials, Hatch, the owner of Norwalk-based estate sales company Hatch Estate Services LLC, used various websites between April 2020 and January 2022 to …

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