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Podcast: Housewives of True Crime
Episode: The John Fox Wine Fraud - A Berkeley Ponzi Scheme
Description: John Fox seemed like a connoisseur of the finer things. As the founder of a prestigious wine store in Berkeley, California, he rubbed elbows with elite collectors and promised customers rare, high-end bottles—some worth thousands.But behind the shelves of vintage wines and charm, Fox was quietly orchestrating one of the largest wine fraud schemes in U.S. history. Over the course of nearly a decade, he ran a full-blown Ponzi scheme, selling bottles he didn’t own and never planned to deliver, scamming wine lovers out of more than $45 million.So how did he g...