Big Returns for Investing in Fine Wine and Whiskey? It Was Fraud, U.S. Says. - The New York Times

The scheme, which the authorities say used “aggressive and deceptive tactics,” defrauded more than 150 people of about $13 million, according to court documents.

Court documents say the F.B.I. learned of the scheme in April 2020, after the son of an 89-year-old man who had been targeted notified the police in Highland Heights, Ohio, near Cleveland. The man t… [+1114 chars]

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