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Civil Litigation

Feb. 21, 2019

Doctor claims Guggenheim family member defrauded him

In a civil complaint that reads like a novel, a Los Angeles doctor claims a distant relative of a wealthy, famous family defrauded him in an alleged art-based Ponzi scheme.

In a civil complaint that reads like a novel, a Los Angeles doctor claims a distant relative of a wealthy, famous family defrauded him in an alleged art-based Ponzi scheme.

Dr. Randy Rosen and his wife, Liza Vismanos, say the owner of a New York gallery, Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim, bilked them out of $645,000 for three works of art he promised but never delivered. Vismanos v. Hoerl...

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