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| Title : | $30M bottles worth of 'fake' wine seized, destroyed |
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| Source : | KXAN.com |
| Year : | 2017 |
| Link : | http://www.kxan.com/news/30m-bottles-worth-of-fake-wine-seized-destroyed/1049596840 |
| Country : | United States of America |
| Commodity: | AB-Wines, musts |
| Abstract: | Hundreds of bottles of counterfeit wine, seized from the Rudy Kurniawan case, are being destroyed. Over 500 bottles of the counterfeit wine, deemed unable to sell, will be crushed at a recycling and composting facility in Southeast Austin. Kurniawan was convicted of fraud for selling 500 bottles of counterfeit wine claiming it was authentic and vintage. |