Oligarch Must Pay Sculptor For Illegal Knockoffs He Had Made, Says Court, But He Gets To Keep The Copies

“Last week a federal judge ordered Russian-born, Florida-based billionaire Igor Olenicoff to pay sculptor John Raimondi $640,000 for having unauthorized copies of his work made in China and installed at his development sites. However, US District Judge Andrew Guilford denied the artist’s request that the fakes be scrapped.” (They get labels instead.)