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Scams
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Yesterday at 8:00 a.m.
The $9.5 Million Hangover
Did a wine-world insider swindle his Bordeaux-swilling pals?
By
James D. Walsh
scams
Sept. 13, 2017
‘Fyre Festival of Pizza’ Says It Will Give Refunds to Angry Attendees
The decision comes after “much back and forth” about attendees’ “best interests.”
By
Clint Rainey
scams
Sept. 12, 2017
NY Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Brooklyn’s ‘Total Scam’ Pizza Festival
Several dozens attendees also say they’re filing a lawsuit.
By
Clint Rainey
Sept. 11, 2017
Brooklyn Pizza Festival Enrages Attendees, Drawing Comparisons to Fyre
They paid for “really bad pizza” that was “cut into micro slices.”
By
Clint Rainey
Scams
Feb. 8, 2016
Benoît Violier Was Reportedly the Victim of a Million-Dollar Wine Scam
A new report says he got screwed out of millions in fine wine.
By
Clint Rainey
Tarnished Ticket
Apr. 19, 2013
Traveling Salesmen Selling Fake Willy Wonka Bars in the U.K.
You’ve got a counterfeit ticket.
By
Sierra Tishgart
Scams
Mar. 6, 2012
Bankers
Seamless
ly Milking the System
It’s not exactly surprising news.
By
Jenny Miller
Mediavore
Jan. 10, 2011
Suburban Scammers Swindle Restaurants; Investors Urge Red Robin to Find a Buyer
Plus food, music and cocaine have similar effects on the brain, and a cup of coffee spurs terror at 20,000 feet, all in our morning news roundup.
Scams
Nov. 19, 2010
Is A 24-Hour Pizzeria Scamming Pie-Eyed Customers?
A Boston pizzeria gets burned by the WBZ I-team.
By
Kara Baskin
Mediavore
Jan. 8, 2010
Jamie Oliver Makes Criminal Employee Confess; Starbucks Going Lo-Cal
The Naked Chef does some detective work and a mega-coffee chain seeks to get fit.
By
Hadley Tomicki