Douglas Chrismas
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Los Angeles dealer Douglas Chrismas sentenced to prison time for embezzlement
The Ace Gallery founder has also been ordered to pay back millions in restitution
Art marketnews
Hundreds of works from Los Angeles's infamous Ace Gallery to be liquidated via online auction
At least $230,000 worth of art and ephemera is being offered to repay creditors in the gallery's 2013 bankruptcy
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Disgraced dealer Douglas Chrismas ordered to repay $14.2m in profits from art sales
Chrismas, who was arrested by the FBI in 2021, is also facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted in a separate criminal case
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Douglas Chrismas arrested for allegedly embezzling over $260,000 from Ace Gallery’s bankruptcy estate
Chrismas, who founded the Los Angeles gallery in 1967, is accused of embezzling the funds while acting as the estate’s trustee and custodian