The John Fox Wine Fraud - A Berkeley Ponzi Scheme

Housewives of True Crime

Tabitha Kane

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

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 get away with it for so long? And what finally brought his operation crashing down?

Join us as we uncork this intoxicating tale of greed, deception, and sour grapes.

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0:48.8	Hi and welcome to Housewives of True crime. Welcome. Welcome.
0:55.8	I am Tabitha.
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1:02.8	Yeah, the next day.
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1:05.2	And I am Gretchen. I like white wine, true crime, and in bed by nine because I have a lot of stuff to do in the morning.
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