We're talking about complicated transactions here, so the prosecution's challenge is to boil it down to simple fraud. Essentially, what they're saying is that this is about misleading and deception.
The jury's attention will be riveted on their testimony.
Sit back, sit up, and pay attention. There's a long show ahead.
Even a brazen scammer in the soup can help his cause with the government.
He separately negotiated a sale with a private art dealer from Europe.
I think the government presented a relatively streamlined case. It was a pretty coherent presentation of the witnesses.
The U.S. will seek his extradition from Brazil to the United States.
