US EditionFrench Winemaker Jailed for Selling Millions of Euros Worth of Fake Champagne
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A French winemaker has been sentenced to four years in prison for making and selling hundreds of thousands of bottles of counterfeit champagne. He has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay fines and damages. He will also never be allowed to run a business again. The court in Reims convicted Didier Chopin of fraud, among other charges. Two and a half years of the four-year prison sentence are suspended. Chopin is banned from w…
In the case of the "false champagne", Didier Chopin was sentenced to 4 years in prison, 30 months of which were suspended and 18 farm, in the correctional court of Reims (Marne), on Tuesday, September 2.
French winemaker jailed for selling millions of euros worth of fake champagne
A French winemaker was jailed on Tuesday for making and selling thousands of bottles of fake champagne as part of a scam worth millions of euros. Courts found the winemaker added aromas and gas to wines…
The fraud, which took place between 2022 and 2023, caused an estimated damage of several million euros. The holding company of the winemaker had about 100 brands, according to the lawyer of the Champagne Committee.
The winemaker who made and marketed fake champagne was sentenced to four years in prison by the Reims Correctional Court (Marne).
Didier Chopin, 56 years old, prosecuted in particular for fraud, the usurpation of designation of origin and abuse of social property was also condemned to a definitive ban on the management of a company.
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