A wine company employee has pleaded guilty to representative charges related to a large-scale wine fraud in North Canterbury. STUFF Andrew Ronald Moore, 45, has pleaded guilty to 16 charges in the High Court at Christchurch. She pleaded guilty to selling and exporting non-compliant wine between April 2013 and July 2014 at Waipara. READ MORE:* Auckland businesswoman fined over false wine export applications* Fears for NZ's reputation after winemakers found adding sugar to wine destined for EU* Fraud in wine export certificates admitted* Alleged Canterbury wine fraud company in liquidation* Alleged wine fraud by Canterbury wine producer a threat to billion-dollar tradeSTUFF Scott Charles Berry, 38, another director of the North Canterbury winery pleaded guilty to 36 charges. Moore, 45, has pleaded guilty to 16 charges and Berry has pleaded guilty to 36.

Source: Stuff October 06, 2019 22:18 UTC