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FILTER RESULTS ►Dietmar Machold, Disgraced Dealer of Elite Violins, Sentenced to Six Years...
Firstly, a primer:
For months, Austrian investigators and 72-year-old Jörg Beirer, the administrator in the bankruptcy proceedings, have been trying to shed light on Machold’s business dealings. Their efforts have pieced together a picture...Show More Summary
How Dietmar Machold Allegedly Became 'The Bernie Madoff Of Violins'
The world's biggest violin dealer, Dietmar Machold, is facing the music in court, accused of fiddling millions from investors.
News of the arrest last year of the international violin dealer Dietmar Machold in the Swiss resort of Zermatt...Show More Summary
Stradivarius violin dealer admits embezzling cash in instrument sale
Dietmar Machold denies fraud but admits 'illegal use' of musical instruments including rare Stradivarius One of the world's top dealers in Stradivarius violins has admitted he embezzled money made from the sale of instruments entrusted to him by customers but has denied fraud. Show More Summary
The fiddlers’ fiddler: Dietmar Machold trial starts next week
In Vienna next Wednesday, the highest flying instrument dealer of recent times will be led into the dock, accused of theft and fraud to the value of $200 million. Many of the instruments he handled are missing. The well-informed David Schoenbaum tells the whole horrid story – at least, the bits that are visible and [...]
Meet Dietmar Machold, the World's Foremost Dealer of Stradivari Instruments and an Int'l Criminal Currently Jailed in Vienna...
An amazing story. Read it at Der Spiegel:
Machold was the Stradivarius man. There are still about 600 violins, 60 cellos and 12 violas from the famous workshop in Cremona, Italy in existence today, and Machold has held about half of these instruments in his hands. Show More Summary
Which world famous conductor was middleman for jailed violin dealer?
Dietmar Machold, the Austrian violin dealer with a taste for fine castles, had his bail application rejected again this week. He’s being held on multiple theft and fraud charges and apparently struggles to remember the whereabouts of 17 or 18 Stradivarius instruments. Terrible thing, selective memory loss (known these days as Murdoch Syndrome). But there [...]
Violin dealer sent to Vienna for trial
The flamboyant violin dealer Dietmar Machold will not face the mercies of Swiss justice. Machold, who declared bankruptcy last year, was arrested in Switzerland ten months ago on charges of fraud and embezzlement. Five Stradivarius and four Guarnerius are among 17 instruments, worth $50 million, that police on both countries would like to trace. Machold [...]
Corruption and Greed in the Violin Market
Here's an article about violin dealer Dietmar Machold from a few years ago, and one from a few days ago.
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