NY-AG v. Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s allegedly defrauded the state of New York and its taxpayers out of millions of dollars in unpaid sales tax. According to NY-AG, Sotheby’s violated the New York False Claims Act by facilitating the creation and use of false tax exemption certificates for an art collector and major client, even though it knew the art collector was not eligible to claim the exemption.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release