Wine Fraud In the News – Page 22

Man Earned Millions Selling Counterfeit Wine

06/03/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

The film, Sour Grapes, covered the Rudy Kurniwan story, and how it brought to light counterfeit wines in the marketplace on a large scale. This article covers the film and how to protect yourself. Read more here.

Police Raid Offices of Russian Importer

05/31/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

Police in Moscow raided the offices of Russia's largest wine importer, Mistral Alko. Read more here.

Wine and Diamonds Warning as Investment Scam Risk Rises

05/26/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/26/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/26/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/26/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/25/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/19/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/16/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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

05/12/2016 By: Chelsea Snare

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…

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