Police Raid Offices of Russian Importer
Police in Moscow raided the offices of Russia's largest wine importer, Mistral Alko. Read more here.
Author: Chelsea Snare
Wine and Diamonds Warning as Investment Scam Risk Rises
Another case of investment scams comes to light. In this case, targeting those over the age of 55 with promises of wine and diamond investments seem appealing for a low risk high return investment, but often end up being scams. Read more here.
Liquor Wholesaler Indicted for $9 Million Scheme
Republic National Distribution Company, LLC and three employees have been indicted for scheming to defraud New York City and state in regards to liquor taxes. New York and Maryland laws require wholesalers to register moved liquor with the state, a procedure that Republic National Distribution Company did not do for…
NEW THIS WEEK: May 26, 2016
As the month of May comes to a close, WineFraud.com has news stories galore for our members. The Bagheera auction in Geneva was forced to pull wine due to questions about whether the wines were authentic and whether they came from the source claimed, a wine company is liquidating, schemes…
Antique Wine Company Set for Liquidation
Antique Wine Company is set to liquidate after twenty-six years of business. According to the Managing Director, the loss in trading of Bordeaux wines is a big factor, however after the dismissed lawsuit of AWC knowingly selling counterfeit wines, also may have been a factor. Read more here.
Auction of World’s Most Expensive Wine Claimed to be Fake
Six lots of DRC wine were pulled from the Bagheera Wines auction in Geneva due to questions on their authenticity and provenance. Read more here.
NEW THIS WEEK: May 19, 2016
WineFraud.com continued their May galleries updates this week, adding in many new vintages and producers with galleries of counterfeit wines. Especially exciting in this week's update is an article by Siobhan Turner about the AOC laws. These laws are a key part of the selling, classification, and production of French…
Winery Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzlement
Susan Jean Morre was sentenced for embezzling over $220,000 from JJ Cohen winery in Rutherford. Read more here.
NEW THIS WEEK: May 12, 2016
This week WineFraud.com focused on counterfeit wine galleries and the continued Greenberg vs Koch trial. We continued to focus on galleries in Lafleur and Mouton Rothschild to help give you more pictures of fake wines, and what to look for when buying and selling wines. PRODUCERS Producers: Additional galleries of…
Fakes Uncovered at Wine Competition
At the wine competition, Concours, fakes wines were found submitted by wineries that submitted better tasting wines to achieve higher praise. Read more here.