Edward Vakser was indicted by the Dallas County grand jury for "felony theft" (of artworks valued more than $20,000) on 2/12/2014. He was arrested and jailed on 3/17/2014. When he appeared before the magistrate h informed then that he was a Ukrainian citizen. According to rules set by the Vienna Convention, the Magistrate was compelled to notify counsular officials at the Ukrainian Embassy that one of their citizens had been arrested. The document has been posted multiple times on IHub but I'd need to dig it up.
The Dallas D.A. prosecuted him for over a year. On the eve of the trial the D.A. announced he had cut a deal to pay "full restitution of $27,500" to his victim in exchange for dropping all charges. True to form, Eddie went on a PR bliz of lies claiming he "had been fully vindicated."
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