FAKE: Forgery, Lies, & eBay
FAKE: Forgery, Lies, & eBay is a memoir by Kenneth Walton that describes how he sold forged paintings on the online auction website eBay, and details the high-profile scandal that led to him being convicted for fraud by the federal government.
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Articles AbOUT the scandal described in the book
- EBay Art Auction May or May Not Be Modern Classic, New York Times, May 9, 2000
- Online Seller of Abstract Work Adds a Money-Back Guarantee, New York Times, May 10, 2000
- EBay Cancels Sale in Auction of Abstract Painting, New York Times, May 11, 2000
- In Online Auctions, Rings of Bidders, New York Times, June 2, 2000
- F.B.I. Opens Investigation of EBay Bids, New York Times, June 7, 2000
- Two eBay sellers enter guilty pleas, CNET News.com, April 17, 2001.
- California eBay scam artist sent to federal prison, USA Today, May 27, 2004.
- One life rebounds after eBay art scam, Sacramento Bee, May 5, 2006
- A brush with the law, The Guardian, August 2, 2006
Book reviews
- How we've been framed, The Sunday Times (UK), August 27, 2006
- A steep learning curve, The Guardian, September 16, 2006
- The real thing, New Statesman, August 28, 2006
- Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay, Financial Times, August 5, 2006
- Executive Reading, Prosper, August, 2006
- An eBay con man comes clean, Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 16, 2006
- FAKE: Forgery, Lies, & eBay, WhatzUp, June 8, 2006
- True Confessions, Sacramento News & Review, May 4, 2006
- FAKE: Forgery, Lies, & eBay, Publisher's Weekly, April 3, 2006