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15 September, 2000, UK Man jailed for fake champers

The court heard 500 bottles of fake champagne were found A printer from Deeside who put fake Bollinger champagne labels on cheap sparkling wine has been jailed for 12 months. More than 500 bottles - which could have been sold for (I#(B100,000 - were recovered from premises in Connah's Quay, north Wales, owned by David Williams. When police and trading standards officers raided the Wilprint shop in Connah's Quay, they found eight boxes of fake Bollinger tucked away. At the home of David Williams there were 80 more, each containing six bottles, which could have been sold at (I#(B55 a bottle. They also found hundreds of fake computer and music CDs. Chester Crown Court was told that 46-year-old Williams had one previous conviction for making fake tickets for Chester races. He pleaded guilty to nine counts of breaking trade description, trade mark and copyright laws and was sentenced to 12 months in jail. Flintshire trading standards manager Ron Hughes said that he very much hoped that the jail sentence would act as a deterrent to others who may be tempted to be involved in counterfeiting. "This was a joint operation between ourselves and North Wales Police just before Christmas and the Millennium. "It did prevent a large amount of false Bollinger Champaign getting into the public domain," he explained.

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September 15th, 2000 Fraud Ring Targeted Top Italian Wine

Fraud Ring Targeted Top Italian Wine Investigators discover 16,000 bottles of fake Sassicaia in Tuscany Italian antifraud investigators recently uncovered a counterfeit wine ring that had acquired millions of dollars' worth of bogus bottles of Sassicaia, one of Italy's greatest red wines. Recent vintages of Sassicaia sell for about $100 to $125 a bottle. An unknown number of the forgeries were sold to restaurants and wine shops in Tuscany, Milan and Bergamo, though none of the wine is believed to have been exported. According to the wine's producer, Nicolo Incisa della Rocchetta of the Tenuta San Guido estate, close to 16,000 bottles of fake 1994 and 1995 Sassicaia were found at an undisclosed location in Tuscany. Paolo Capretti, head of Florence's antifraud squad, confirmed that an investigation was underway, but declined to disclose additonal information. "Fortunately, the police and the antifraud squad acted with speed and efficiency, tracking down the winery and depot where the bottles were counterfeited and stored," said della Rocchetta. "Only about a hundred fraudulent bottles seem to have escaped the antifraud squad's net." Bottles exported to the United States have different labels than those for the Italian market because they must include the name of Sassicaia's U.S. importer

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