| Abstract: |
Some rich guy made other rich people really mad by tricking them into thinking that they're more cultured than they really are. Wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan was caught duping one-percenters into buying faux-vintage wines. He now has to serve ten years in prison for his heinous crimes, forfeit $20 million, as well as pay $28.4 million to his victims. In the early 2000s, Kurniawan—the son of a wealthy Chinese family from Indonesia—rose to prominence in the wine world. He recalls having his first sip of wine in San Francisco. |
