US | art McEnroe Helps Nab Art Dealer By John Johnson Posted Mar 26, 2009 7:04 PM CDT Copied John McEnroe gestures following his win against Swedish Bjorn Borg during the Showdown of Champions exhibition matches in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) A prominent art dealer arrested today and accused of running a sort of art-world Ponzi scheme made one crucial mistake—he got John McEnroe mad again. The tennis great with the legendary temper triggered the investigation after being duped out of $2 million by Lawrence Salander, the New York Daily News reports. After McEnroe filed a civil suit against Salander in 2007, prosecutors contacted him and began their inquiry. Salander, accused of swindling $88 million from investors, had a complicated system in which he would sell interests of paintings to buyers. He often double-sold the interests, said DA Robert Morgenthau. "Why sell it once when you can sell it three times?" McEnroe sued when he tried to collect a painting from an auction house, only to discover that someone else had a lien on it. Another celeb to sue: Robert DeNiro. Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. The Bezos-Sanchez wedding: guest list, cost, the dress, and more. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. Report an error