The work of a robbery ring stole many objects, including Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock work, was sentenced to eight years of eight-year imprisonment Thursday (March 13).
Thomas Trotta is the fourth person, from all nine charged with the hetists. Before he was guilty of the theft of the important work of art. Trotta “was the chief robbery, where he was able to join the organizations,” said Trotta lawyer a Related press Mark Scolforo journalist. He also said that Trotta had witnessed his main government from three of its conspirators. In addition to prison time, Trotta was ordered to pay more than $ 2.7 million.
The thieves of the question took place in museums around 1999 and 2019, mostly in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Trotta has done a sports award, a sports award (championship rings and belts, plates and trophies), ancient firearms, golden cucumbers and Warhol, Pollock and Jasper Francis.
The thief melted a lot of metal objects, selling much less as a memorable than the original value. They also burned the chopped paint, Upper Hudson (1871), in an attempt to try to detect authorities. While some firearms are recovered, Warhol and Pollock works are large.
The thief stole Warhol’s screen printing Great passion (1984) and PoLock’s painting Sources in winter (1949) Scranton, Pennsylvania from the Everhart Museum in 2005. Pollock is calculated only worth $ 12 million. The work has long been destroyed, but in 2023 new information was clarified to believe that the authorities could be safely stored. Trotter’s lawyer said Related press His customer thought he was in Newarke, where he was in New Jersey, “he did, but when the rulers went to the place, they could not find them.”
The federal load was brought against nine thefts two years ago. The latter gave up in January 2024 after almost seven months of running.
