BCN-32 Art dynasty heir Wildenstein cleared at Paris fraud trial

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Art dynasty heir Wildenstein cleared at Paris fraud trial

PARIS, June 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Guy Wildenstein, the Franco-American
patriarch of the Wildenstein art-dealing dynasty, was cleared Friday of tax
fraud after being accused of hiding hundreds of millions of euros from French
authorities.

A first trial of him and other family members collapsed in January 2017,
but French prosecutors successfully appealed for a re-trial, only to suffer a
second setback on Friday when the Wildensteins were acquitted again.

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