French Authorities: Immigration And Customs Enforcement

James Hayes Dept: U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch and James Hayes, head of the New York office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced that a Manhattan seller had agreed to turn over the painting, Laundry Woman With Toothache , without a forfeiture proceeding, according to CBC. Court papers said the seller, whose father had obtained the signed piece, didn't know it was stolen. The family has the right to file a claim for compensation from French authorities and an Edgar Degas painting that was stolen 37 years ago and recovered earlier this year in New York will be returned to France, U.S. officials said Thursday. The painting was rediscovered when put up for sale at Sotheby's auction house, which estimated its value at $350,000 to $450,000 U.S. As reported in the news.
@t edgar degas painting, forfeiture proceeding