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Inside Spain: Fake wine and the bad side of living on the coast
14 Jun 2025 16:54 GMT
… person, but there are expert fake wine catchers such as Maureen Downey …
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Fake wine and spirits cost Cyprus €8 million annually
11 Jun 2025 09:46 GMT
Cyprus faces annual losses of €8 million and more than 16 jobs due to illicit trade in food and beverages, part of a wider threat affecting the entire European Union.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) on Wednesday warned that …
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Singapore jails mastermind behind US$10.9 million fake wine investment scheme
23 May 2025 02:10 GMT
A man behind a multimillion-dollar wine investment scheme in Singapore that caused investors to lose more than S$14 million (about US$10.9 million currently) was jailed for seven years and two months on Thursday after being on the run for 13 years.
Eldric …
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Jail for man who siphoned more than S$12.5 million of investor funds through fake wine investment scheme
22 May 2025 06:45 GMT
SINGAPORE: A man behind a multimillion-dollar wine investment scheme that caused investors to lose more than S$14 million (about US$10.9 million currently) was jailed for seven years and two months on Thursday (May 22) after being on the run for 13 years. …
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UK man loses fight against extradition to US over $100 million wine fraud
20 May 2025 15:16 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) -A British man accused of defrauding investors out of nearly $100 million through a Ponzi-like scheme involving non-existent luxury wines lost his fight against extradition from Britain to the United States on Tuesday.
Andrew Fuller, who …
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Britain dismissed as nation of fake wine buffs who stick ice in it and fill to the brim
19 May 2025 14:57 GMT
Britain is a nation of fake wine buffs. Research shows nearly half … the list of blunders the fake wine buffs make is thinking white …
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Yellow Tail wine fraud ‘limited to indie retailers’, says group MD
07 May 2025 20:59 GMT
… exclusive interview that the wine fraud committed against it does … which acknowledged that the wine fraud committed against it has … According to Lawson, the wine fraud committed against Yellow Tail … investigation relating to the wine fraud —”we’re unable to …
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Counterfeit drink costs Cyprus €8M annually
16 Jun 2025 23:57 GMT
… Property Office (EUIPO) reports that fake wines and spirits alone wipe out …
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Fake wines flood UK market
06 May 2025 11:55 GMT
A leading fraud expert, Maureen Downey, has said markets in the United Kingdom are being flooded with counterfeit versions of popular wines.
According to Downey, who is also known as the “Sherlock Holmes of wine”, counterfeiters are replicating Yellow Tail …
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They invited to fake wine tastings. Russian hackers attacked European diplomats
16 Apr 2025 15:25 GMT
… sent out email invitations to fake wine tastings from European foreign ministries …