Vintage Wine Scammer Kurniawan Sentenced to 10 Years Jail

Rudy Kurniawan, who swindled wealthy wine collectors including billionaire William Koch by selling them more than $20.7 million in fake French vintages created in his home kitchen, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan imposed the sentence today, saying Kurniawan, 37, failed to accept responsibility from his crimes. Berman ordered Kurniawan to forfeit $20 million -- including real estate, art, jewelry and wine -- and to pay an additional $28.4 million to those who’d purchased purportedly rare French wines he concocted and bottled at home.