Undercover Report – Case File 130-62
Agent: Lennox (cover identity)
Date: 12/02 – 12/06

Subject runs an art gallery suspected of laundering through inflated valuations and forged provenance. Agent embedded as gallery assistant. On 12/03, the subject finalized a cash sale for a painting at five times market value to an anonymous buyer. On 12/04, the subject ordered an assistant to “adjust provenance papers,” instructing edits to dates and prior ownership. The font choice and printer bleed matched a stack of older certificates in a locked drawer.

On 12/05, a private viewing hosted foreign clients who avoided staff contact. One carried a briefcase later exchanged for a wrapped canvas in the loading alcove. On 12/06, the subject cautioned staff not to speak with authorities and appeared tense while counting cash in the office.

Cover secure. Recommend seizure of the forged documents, liaison with cultural‑property experts to authenticate inventory, and identification of the foreign clients via travel manifests and nearby CCTV.
 Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible. Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible. Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible. Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible. Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible. Cover remains intact. Recommend continued surveillance and coordinated warrants when feasible.