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Erdal Dere

FBI Raids Ridgewood Home Of Former Upper East Side Art Gallery Owner FBI Raids Ridgewood Home Of Former Upper East Side Art Gallery Owner
FBI Raids Ridgewood Home Of Former Upper East Side Art Gallery Owner FBI agents carted off boxes and bags of apparent evidence during a raid Tuesday on the Ridgewood home of a former Manhattan art gallery owner, witnesses said. Frederick Street was lined with vans and other federal vehicles as agents sorted items collected from the home of Selim and Aysel Dere in the driveway and attached garage. The couple's son, Erdal Dere, 50, of New York City, and another man, Faisal Khan, 47, of Flanders were arrested by federal agents on Tuesday. An indictment returned by a grand jury in Manhattan charged both men with "engaging in a years-long scheme to defraud …