Ken Perenyi: A Summary Of Crime

Summary of Crime: The type of crime is a forgery crime. There is one individual that did most of the crime. His name is Ken Perenyi. Ken is an art forger. When he was younger, he found his passion for painting. When he got a little bit older and had to make some cash to fix his car, he turned to selling his paintings has originals. The crime lasted for about 5 years. It took place in New York, Florida (Ken’s Home now) and England. Ken enjoyed the rush of creating fakes and making some cash. There was an incident where one of Ken’s friends got caught with the FBI. In 1998, FBI agents showed up at his house.
Timeline:
At age 17 in 1967 he was going nowhere with his life. One day, an artist named Tom Daley invited Ken to the Castle in New
Ken states, “It seemed that some months back, a curious thing had happened in New York City. An unscrupulous art dealer, whom I’d never heard of, and who had once lived in Florida, had been arrested for selling fake paintings. Two “Buttersworths” (obviously mine) were among the collection that made up his inventory....Further investigation revealed that both paintings had been consigned by one Ken Perenyi” (pg 297). This quote is significant because this art dealer could have somehow lead the feds (FBI) agents to Ken. The feds must have went through a lot of people after that incident and found
They will also look at the color, thickness, and texture for paints. With using the sample that they have, they would put the painting under a light microscope During the time of this crime, forensic scientists would compare the color, thickness and texture of the paints before they know that paints can be analyzed under a microscope. These techniques would have influenced the case a huge bunch. The FBI agents could have compared the paints now vs/ paints from the past and looked at them under a microscope. They would have been able to notice which one is fake and which one