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By The Canadian Press \u00a005\/06\/2024 A key player in a massive art fraud scheme oversaw an “assembly line”-like production of fake Norval Morrisseau paintings, court heard Tuesday, as the Thunder Bay, Ont., man pleaded guilty to two charges. David Voss, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of forgery and one count of uttering forged documents. An agreed statement of facts filed with the court said Voss oversaw the creation and distribution of thousands of forged Morrisseau artworks from 1996 to the mid-2010s. Morrisseau, also known as Copper Thunderbird, was a trailblazer for contemporary Indigenous artists across Canada and had received numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada. He died in 2007. A Thunder Bay courtroom heard Tuesday that Voss initially forged Morrisseau artworks on his own, but his… <\/p>\n

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By The Canadian Press \u00a005\/06\/2024 A key player in a massive art fraud scheme oversaw an “assembly line”-like production of fake Norval Morrisseau paintings, court heard Tuesday, as the Thunder Bay, Ont., man pleaded guilty to two charges. David Voss, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of forgery and one count of uttering forged documents. An agreed statement of facts filed with the court said Voss oversaw the creation and distribution of thousands of forged Morrisseau artworks from 1996 to the mid-2010s. Morrisseau, also known as Copper Thunderbird, was a trailblazer for contemporary Indigenous artists across Canada and had received numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada. He died in 2007. A Thunder Bay courtroom heard Tuesday that Voss initially forged Morrisseau artworks on his own, but his... <\/p>\n

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