{"id":30715,"date":"2018-10-04T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=30715"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:33:15","slug":"i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>The gavel struck, and swindling art dealer, Ezra Chowaiki, is heading to prison.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t remember this case? Here is a quick reminder&#8230; Several duped investors\/collectors filed fraud charges against Ezra Chowaiki after paying\/investing hundreds of thousands of dollars for works he never owned or had the right to sell.\u00a0 Chowaiki filed for bankruptcy and documents obtained by the court revealed he has less than $300,000 in assets with almost $12 million in fraud claims by victims.\u00a0 Chowaiki pleaded guilty in May, forfeiting $16 million and 25 works of art.<\/p>\n<p>This week he agreed to pay $12.9 million in restitution and will serve an 18-month sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-09-27\/manhattan-art-dealer-sentenced-to-18-months-for-fine-art-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Manhattan Art Dealer Sentenced to 18 Months for Fine-Art Fraud<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gavel struck, and swindling art dealer, Ezra Chowaiki, is heading to prison.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t remember this case? Here is a quick reminder&#8230; Several duped investors\/collectors filed fraud charges against Ezra Chowaiki after paying\/investing hundreds of thousands of dollars for works &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[367,269,386,32],"class_list":["post-30715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-crime-and-punishment","tag-legal-matters","tag-tales-from-the-dark-side","tag-the-dark-side"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Am A Good Person Who Did Terrible Things<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The gavel struck, and swindling art dealer, Ezra Chowaiki, is heading to prison.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t remember this case? Here is a quick reminder&#8230; Several duped investors\/collectors filed fraud charges against Ezra Chowaiki after paying\/investing hundreds of thousands of dollars for works &hellip; More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-04T23:36:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-24T11:33:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alyssa Rehs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alyssa Rehs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alyssa Rehs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d5c885d99ebbdc550c692bb4595262b\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-04T23:36:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-24T11:33:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":123,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Crime and Punishment\",\"Legal Matters\",\"tales from the dark side\",\"The Dark Side of the Art World\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rehs Contemporary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/\",\"name\":\"I Am A Good Person Who Did Terrible Things\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-04T23:36:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-24T11:33:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rehs Galleries\",\"description\":\"Offering and acquiring high quality paintings in excellent condition. Family owned and operated for more than 80 years!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Rehs Galleries\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/indexlogo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/indexlogo.jpg\",\"width\":153,\"height\":85,\"caption\":\"Rehs Galleries\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/RehsGalleriesInc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/rehsgalleries\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/rehsgalleries\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/rehscontemporary\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/rehscgi\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/rehscontemporary\\\/?hl=en\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d5c885d99ebbdc550c692bb4595262b\",\"name\":\"Alyssa Rehs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76bd1c72e39bd3d03afa423becbf33cf5fdf04abbc71db19ff7ce841ff6636a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76bd1c72e39bd3d03afa423becbf33cf5fdf04abbc71db19ff7ce841ff6636a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76bd1c72e39bd3d03afa423becbf33cf5fdf04abbc71db19ff7ce841ff6636a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alyssa Rehs\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I Am A Good Person Who Did Terrible Things","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things\"","og_description":"The gavel struck, and swindling art dealer, Ezra Chowaiki, is heading to prison.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t remember this case? Here is a quick reminder&#8230; Several duped investors\/collectors filed fraud charges against Ezra Chowaiki after paying\/investing hundreds of thousands of dollars for works &hellip; More...","og_url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/","og_site_name":"Rehs Galleries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc","article_published_time":"2018-10-04T23:36:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-24T11:33:15+00:00","author":"Alyssa Rehs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alyssa Rehs","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/"},"author":{"name":"Alyssa Rehs","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/7d5c885d99ebbdc550c692bb4595262b"},"headline":"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things&#8221;","datePublished":"2018-10-04T23:36:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-24T11:33:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/"},"wordCount":123,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#organization"},"keywords":["Crime and Punishment","Legal Matters","tales from the dark side","The Dark Side of the Art World"],"articleSection":["Rehs Contemporary"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/","name":"I Am A Good Person Who Did Terrible Things","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-10-04T23:36:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-24T11:33:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2018\/10\/i-am-a-good-person-who-did-terrible-things\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cI am a good person who did terrible things&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/","name":"Rehs Galleries","description":"Offering and acquiring high quality paintings in excellent condition. Family owned and operated for more than 80 years!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#organization","name":"Rehs Galleries","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/indexlogo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/indexlogo.jpg","width":153,"height":85,"caption":"Rehs Galleries"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc","https:\/\/x.com\/rehsgalleries","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rehsgalleries\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rehscontemporary\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/rehscgi","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rehscontemporary\/?hl=en"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/7d5c885d99ebbdc550c692bb4595262b","name":"Alyssa Rehs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76bd1c72e39bd3d03afa423becbf33cf5fdf04abbc71db19ff7ce841ff6636a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76bd1c72e39bd3d03afa423becbf33cf5fdf04abbc71db19ff7ce841ff6636a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76bd1c72e39bd3d03afa423becbf33cf5fdf04abbc71db19ff7ce841ff6636a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alyssa Rehs"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53700,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30715\/revisions\/53700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}