[size=12px][/size][size=10pt]NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.-[/size][size=12px][/size][size=10pt]A [/size][/size][size=12px]Queens[/size][size=10pt] foundry owner was arrested Thursday on charges that he made a worthless sculpture and tried to pass it off as a Jasper Johns creation and sell it for $11 million.[/size]
[/size][size=12px][/size][size=10pt]Brian Ramnarine, 58, pleaded not guilty to a wire fraud charge in Manhattan Federal Court and was released on $250,000 bond.[/size][/size][size=12px]
[/size][size=12px][/size][size=10pt]He tried to pull off a similar scam 10 years ago. In that case he was sentenced to five years' probation after he pleaded guilty to falsifying business records and was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution.[/size][/size][size=12px]
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