How the FBI Tracked Down a Valuable Warhol Print that Thief Allegedly Sold to Pawn Shop [Video]

An Ohio man has agreed to take responsibility for his role in trying to help sell a stolen Andy Warhol print valued at at least $175,000.

Brian Alec Light is expected to soon plead guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen goods, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California announced in a press release Tuesday, Oct. 1.

The 58-year-old is slated to make his initial appearance in federal court Oct. 28, according to federal prosecutors.

In the 25-page plea agreement reviewed by PEOPLE, prosecutors allege that a thief – identified only by the initials J.O. – stole a Warhol Lenin Trial Proof print, depicting the Soviet political leader, from a Los Angeles County home in early 2021.

Federal prosecutors released these photographs of the stolen print, complete with Andy Warhol’s signature in the bottom left corner of the piece.

U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California

The owner of the print contacted both law enforcement and a …