| 84 Month
Sentence For Art Fraudster Inigo Philbrick
Then Newland Pled, Asks for No Jail
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 11 – Inigo Philbrick was
charged with art fraud, with a
link to Angela
Gulbenkian.
On November 18,
2021 Philbrick pleaded guilty
to one count, and to forfeit
$86 million, before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Sidney H. Stein. Inner
City Press live tweeted it here
and below
From Nov 19,
2021: now guilty plea by art
dealer Inigo Philbrick, linked
to... Angela Gulbenkian, of
UNSG Antonio
Guterres hidden CEFC
China Energy bribes fame.
Here's "MADE IN DECEPTION –
GULBENKIAN AND
PHILBRICK"
Note: "The
Gulbenkian foundation in
Portugal were keen however to
distance themselves from the
debacle" - kind of like
Gulbenkian foundation and UN
briber CEFC China Energy, or
UNSG Antonio
Guterres so keen to
distance he bans Press, here
On May 23,
Philbrick was returned to
Judge Stein's courtroom to be
sentenced, brought in by two
US Marshals. Philbrick was
sentenced to 84 months in
prison. The gallery was full
and Inner City Press was there
and live tweeted, thread here
AUSA: I
just looked at the 302 from
the flight from Vanuatu. He
was blaming it on Robert
Newland. Later we tried to
corroborate things. We offered
him a plea without the
mandatory minimum for
aggravated identity theft.
AUSA: To
prosecute Robert Newland, we
do not anticipate calling Mr
Philbrick as a witness. [From
the docket: the US "is seeking
Newland's extradition from the
UK."]
On September 23,
2022, the day after he arrived
by extradition, "ROBERT
NEWLAND, the business partner
of art dealer INIGO PHILBRICK,
who specialized in post-war
and contemporary fine art with
galleries in London, United
Kingdom, and Miami, Florida,
pled guilty today before
United States District Judge
Sidney H. Stein to one count
of conspiracy to commit wire
fraud for perpetrating a
multi-year scheme to defraud
various individuals and
entities in order to finance
PHILBRICK’s art
business. NEWLAND, a
citizen of the United Kingdom,
was arrested in the United
Kingdom on February 23, 2022,
and extradited from the United
Kingdom to the United States
on September 22, 2022."
He was released on
$400,000 bond, secured by
$200,000 cash.
On September 11, Newland's
lawyers filed a 73 page
sentencing submission asking for
no jail time at all - "a lengthy
period of home confinement in
concert with community service."
Amid redactions, it describes
the Lego in Rob's house. It
asserts that Philbrick will
serve only 58% of his 84 month
sentence. We'll have more on
this.
The case is US v.
Philbrick, 20-cr-351
(Stein)
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