Author: Chelsea Snare

Customs in China confiscated 10,000 bottles of wine, including Portuguese wines and Penfolds worth $11.6M. Read more about it here.

Davis Kiryakoz was sentenced to 15 months in prison for the French Laundry wine thefts. His partner will be sentenced in May. Read more about it here.

Lasse Hartmann posed as a wine dealer and cheated people our of £104,000. He was arrested on 22 felonies on fraud. Read more about it here.

Laurent Ponsot says that at least 10 counterfeit wines are sold every day in Singapore. Read more about it here.

A great article about Phillip Moulin and the work he is doing to combat wine counterfeits. Maureen Read more about it here.

A continuation of our story from the last update, Harry Mosley was sentenced to four years and four months for leading Optimum Fine Wines to take advantage of elderly investors and take their wines and life savings. Read more about it here.

The first update of April showcases stories about wine fraud from around the world. These stories are unique, but show the breadth of types of wine fraud that impact the industry. NEW THIS WEEK: Harry Mosley Gets Jailed: Harry Mosley, who we previously covered, frauded elderly…

The second update of March is all about news stories. Check out the stories below to see all different kinds of wine fraud throughout the world. Counterfeiting, wine investment fraud, heists, and copyright lookalikes all dominated the headlines. NEW THIS WEEK: NAFDAC Locks Wine Store in Wuse Market, Abuja…

Vivino launches a new concept that allows easier online purchases and recommendations similar to a Netflix style, but for wines. As with all online purchases of wines, consumers need to be wary of where they are buying their wines from. Read more about it here.

a 25 year old man in England admitted to defrauding elderly customers by taking wine collections and money and using them for his own personal use. Read more about it here.