Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Marshals are currently auctioning approximately 4,711 bottles of wine, deemed authentic, that belonged to Rudy Kurniawan, the man convicted of fraud in federal court in 2013 for producing and selling millions of dollars of counterfeit wine. The wine is being sold in two online auctions, one that started November 24 and one that started December 1 at www.txauction.com. The auctions close on December 8 and December 15, respectively. "It may sound ironic that we are selling wine that belonged to a convicted wine counterfeiter," said Assistant Program Manager Jason Martinez of the U.S. Marshals Service Asset Forfeiture Division, "but we are duty-bound to recoup as much value from the sale of these authentic wines as possible to compensate those who were victims of his fraud." The wine was being stored by Kurniawan in a California wine storage facility. It is believed that much of it was destined to be used in the production of…
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