Chinese authorities have dismantled a major counterfeit baijiu operation that sold fake “vintage” versions of top brands through livestreaming platforms, with the case valued at about 260 million yuan (US$36 million). Read More
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Chinese authorities arrested three suspects and seized more than 4,300 bottles of finished and semi-finished fake Penfolds in Hubei province. Read More
The network is suspected of exporting up to 24,000 liters of fake wine, with an estimated financial impact reaching millions of dollars. Read More
Aleksandr lugov, a notorious wine fraudster who had been previously convicted of faking fine wines including the rarefied Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) in 2017, was again arrested in Italy seven years later. Read More
It started with a promise of easy money and fine wine—an irresistible combination for Jia Shuang. Like thousands of others, he was drawn into the allure of quick profits through an online platform that claimed to turn wine trading into a lucrative venture. Read More
More than 100 cases of counterfeited wine “from a renowned brand” have been seized in Shanghai. Read More
Authorities in Hong Kong has raided an unlicensed bar in Yuen Long, which led to 29 arrests and a haul of 192 cans of beer. … Read More
A wine company lost 2600 bottles of wines after its wine smuggling operation gone awry. Read More
An inter-provincial police operation led by Guangzhou police has seized the biggest haul of fake Penfolds in China, with wines worth over US$20 million. Read More