Urban Art Association

You can file a complaint on him here:
odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/GetStarted.aspx

your kidding? i had a huge problem with him for the exact same reason as this, i bought a 4ft from him, paid and never received the piece. I then had months and months of excuses then i demanded a refund and that also took 3 months to get back after endless emails which were starting to get quite pushy. That has put a chill down my spine, i think i was one of the lucky ones. I will drop ronnie an email tonight and let him know my problem's thanks for making this known. Buyer beware!

man, you have no idea how close I was getting s_ckered by this guy for the exact same thing.

urbanartassociation.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=53719

A tool

This is getting worse...

forums.kidrobot.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=140551&start=25

forums.kidrobot.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=156776

They have recently been asking people to wire them money for toys.

It seems like they have been selling the same 4ft Kaws every time but never actually sending it out and using the money people send them, paying it back as and when they can.

Erik Everlast Schrody September 21 at 2:39pm
I received word that I received the bulk of my money ... they still shorted me a couple hundred bucks (which I'll deal with later) this has been this single worst art transaction I've ever been a part of this dude has NO business in the game ... Thank You for your help in the posts I'm sure it helped make them realize I was going to be a thorn in their side

homas Krauss


Lynn Police Department
300 Washington Street
Lynn, Massachusetts 01902-4718
U.S.A.

22.09.2010
TK/mk
(34/10)


Criminal Complaint


As duly authorized legal representatives and attorney at law (Rechtsanwalt) licensed in Munich, Germany we hereby file a criminal complaint for fraud and all other felonies to be considered in the name of


Mr. Eiko ÖZGENS, Krumpterstrasse 13, 81543 Munich, Germany
- Complaintant 1 -
and

Mr. Dominik SCHMID, Buttermelcherstrasse 5b, 80469 Munich, Germany
- Complaintant 2 -

against

Mr. Jason ZENGA


and

Mrs. Juliann Cyhan, address unknown, supposably spouse of Zenga
- Defendant 2 -
Statement of Affairs:

Our clients, Mr. Özgens and Mr. Schmid, run an art gallery based in Munich. The defendants run an art gallery in Lynn, MA under the following address:


Both defendants actively offer works of art via internet:

www.artasylumboston.com

On January 12th, 2010 the complaintants ordered three sculptures for their gallery described as “Kaws 4ft Dissected Companion Medicom” created by Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS from the Defendant 1 and his art gallery via email for 17,600.00 USD. Prior to this Complaintant 2 and the Defendant 1 had email communication about prices and availability. As instructed by the Defendant 1, Complaintant 2 transferred a first installment of 8,000.00 EUR on January 13th, 2010, then a second installment of 6,600.00 USD on January 19th, 2010 and the last installment of 500.00 USD on March 5th, 2010 to the account of Defendant 2. The Defendants never denied to have received the amounts.

In Mid-February 2010 the Complaintants received only one of the three ordered sculptures. The single sculpture showed to be broken, although the parcel itself was undamaged. It turned out to be unprofessionally repaired before shipping because the cracks and the glue used is still visible. This damaged sculpture cannot be offered and sold to customers. Confronted with the issue the Defendant 1 submitted invalid tracking numbers for the alleged shipment of the additional two sculptures and tried to make the Complaintants believe that the sculptures were lost during shipment. The named haulage contractor confirmed that the provided tracking numbers are fake and not used within the company.

In the following months extensive email communication took place in which the Complaintants called in their money and the Defendant 1 delayed them on several occasions by claiming that he is in the process to reverse the received funds and will transfer the moneys back within days. In the meantime the Complaintants had to learn from internet postings that the Defendants are involved in defrauding another art gallery named



On April 9th, 2010 the Defendants forwarded an authentic looking email from Bank of America seeking to prove a wire transfer of 6,100.29 USD. The amount never reached the account of Complaintant 2. It is obvious that the email is forged or the transfer had been ordered back.

It has to be assumed that the Defendants were never willing and able to deliver the ordered three sculptures, although they made the Complaintants pay the substantial amounts. This behavior is fraudulent. After half a year of not paying back the amounts, we were mandated by our clients (Complaintants) to set last deadlines for transferring the unjustified payments back. In unmistakeable emails we demanded Defendant 1 to refund the full amount received of 18,250.00 USD to our escrow account and submit a bank statement to prove the wire transfer until July 16th, 2010. The Defendant 1 prevaricated and failed to show any of the promised bank documentation until the present day. We then approached the holder of the U.S. bank account where the moneys had been originally transferred to, the Defendant 2 with the same request and a deadline to prove transfer back until July 20th, 2010 with the same negative result.

We therefore respectfully request to

prevent the Defendants to divert money gained from the fraud;
seize any moneys on the Defendant´s or gallery´s bank accounts up to the amount of 18,250.00 USD;
confiscate any valuables at the gallery´s address and/or the Defendant´s homes until aforementioned amount is reached;
charge the Defendants for the offenses.

Evidence is provided by the following attachments to this complaint:
1.Complaintant´s statement with attachments 1 - 8 dated July 9th, 2010 including transfer orders
2.Our latest email communication with Defendants


Yours sincerely


Thomas Krauss
Rechtsanwalt

the guy is a complete thief, I can say this from first hand experience.

CHECK IT OUT

www.thelifevicarious.com/the_life_vicarious/2010/09/juliann-cyhans-and-art-asylum-bostons-art-4-hearts-problem.html

Ive had problems with art asylum before and from what i've seen other forum members have aswell so to be honest this comes as no surprise to me, I just hope no one buys from this dodgey place because this seems to be happening too often!

He also turned up in a Handiedan thread about Piano No. 2 being mis numbered - two people claim to have 7/20.

forum.Expressobeans/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=62664&p=931199&hilit=Asylum#p931199

Bloody Aussies and their "Australia Day"!

I actually did read the entire thread but my reading comprehension skills mus have been turned off.

Still some shady dealings with that sale though; prints being paid for ahead of time, communication dropped, lengthy request to finally get a refund.