Alleged bogus art dealer charged with tax evasion

A Long Island art dealer accused of selling knock-off painting, was charged yesterday by federal prosecutors for dodging taxes on the deals.

Glafira Rosales, 56, was in federal court on charges of evading taxes on $12.5 million of income from selling allegedly bogus art to two Manhattan galleries between 2006 and 2008.

The complaint accuses Rosales of pocketing the money from the sale of about a dozen pieces, purportedly on behalf of two clients. Several pieces were phony, as were Rosales' clients, investigators said. Rosales' proceeds were allegedly stashed in a bank account in Spain that she failed to report to the IRS. Rosales' plea was not available at press time.