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vinID calling - large scale fraud in Bordeaux
Eleven people, including the owner of a Médoc château and several wine merchants, were arrested last week on suspicion of fraud. Nine...
sebastianschier
- Mar 16
- 1 min
Enable your customers to check authenticity!
Chinese police has recently busted a substantial fake wine operation in Jiangsu province. They confiscated over 8'000 fake Penfolds...
sebastianschier
- Sep 28, 2021
- 1 min
Spotlight China: 13,000 cases of counterfeit Bordeaux wines worth nearly USD 50 million
As reported by Vino Joy, a wedding banquet in China’s eastern Shandong province has led police to uncover the biggest fake Bordeaux wine...
sebastianschier
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Sophisticated Penfolds fake operation in China busted
An interprovincial police investigation uncovered the biggest Penfolds counterfeiting operation in China to date. The amount of fake...
sebastianschier
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
A Counterfeiting Puzzle: Sassicaia 2010 - 2015
In October 2020, the Italian police Guardia di Finanza (GdF) uncovered a sophisticated and organised network of wine counterfeiters in...