Acker Merrall Condit is paying a $100,000 fine to settle charges — but hasn’t fired any of the employees who were responsible for the scandal.
— but hasn’t fired any of the employees who were responsible for the scandal, The Post has learned.
in 2021 — including the fact that store employees bought the fake hooch from a private collector despite telltale signs that it wasn’t authentic., who regularly stages tastings and auctions bottles of prized vintages like Lafite Rothschild and Domaine Romanee Conti for thousands of dollars each — is “taking responsibility” for the scheme, Acker Merrall’s lawyer, Kevin Danow, assured the panel’s three commissioners at the hearing.
Store employees “were going out with their own money, buying from private collections and reselling it to the liquor store, but not telling the liquor store what they paid for it,” Bradley added. According to New York’s alcohol laws, an individual is not permitted to purchase wine or spirits from a private collection, except if the alcohol is being purchased on behalf of a licensed business, SLA spokesman Joshua Heller told The Post.
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