[MSN] An Israeli man has been charged by US authorities with attempting to sell art and antiques stolen from Paris in the late 1990s.

[MSN]

Man charged over stolen French antiques

Posted 4 hours 5 minutes ago

An Israeli man has been charged by US authorities with attempting to sell
art and antiques stolen from Paris in the late 1990s.

Solly Sinai, 53, was arrested in Paris after attempting to sell the goods in
New York in June 2000, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday
(local time).

They were stolen in 1997 and 1998 from two antiques stores and a Paris
residence.

The items include Napoleonic-era pistols worth $US500,000 ($554,000) and
bronze sculptures by French artist Antoine-Louis Barye.

US authorities are seeking Sinai's extradition and have charged him with six
counts of interstate transportation of stolen property and receipt and sale
of stolen property.

Sinai faces up to 10 years in prison for each count.