Fake booze! US deports fraudster over fine wine scam | News | DW
Fake booze! US deports fraudster over fine wine scam Rudy Kurniawan, 44, was once a mover and shaker in the luxury wine industry, selling bottles worth millions to the rich and famous. But it soon emerged that he was scamming his clients by just repackaging cheaper wines. The fraudster lived a lavish lifestyle, repackaging budget wines as classic vintages A conman who scammed American wine connoisseurs out of millions of dollars by selling them counterfeit booze has been deported back to his native Indonesia, US immigration officials said on Tuesday. Rudy Kurniawan was deported last week on a...