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news 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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wine spectater
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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