Whisky and Wine Fraudster Who Scammed Elderly Out of $13 Million Granted Probation, Ordered to Pay $200,000

Whisky and wine fraudster, Casey Alexander, was granted a three-year probation by a judge and ordered to pay a fine of $202,195.58. (Photo: Maximilian Schönherr/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

The Independent reported on Thursday that Casey Alexander, a wine and whisky fraudster who was found guilty of scamming American senior citizens out of $13 million, was granted a three-year probation and ordered to pay $202,195.58 in restitution fees.

Alexander was arrested in June 2022 and pled guilty to wire fraud. The elaborate scam he cooked up targeted elderly victims.

Alexander aggressively cold-called investors and pressured them to spend their cash on portfolios of fine wine and whisky with promises of extravagant returns through fake investment companies.

Employees claimed the investments would be stored at a secure warehouse and would ultimately be turned for a profit. Some of the scammers used fake British accents, and the scheme duped 150 victims out of millions. Alexander and his crew of scammers would lure the prospective “investors” with promises of a portfolio of luxury wines and whiskies from his sham company, Vintage Whisky Casks. The funds were transferred to Alexander’s companies: Charles Winn LLC, VWC LLC and Windsor Jones LLC.

Alexander’s victims began to get suspicious when the “returns” Alexander promised never came.

Some of Alexander’s victims asked for their money to be returned, yet reps working for Alexander ignored the requests and attempted to convince his victims to purchase more wine and whisky, promising even larger investments.

The scammer defrauded one victim out of $300,000 in 18 months, according to The Independent. NBC News reported that Alexander swindled another victim using his Vintage Whisky Casks Company into purchasing $22,000 worth of whisky according to NBC News.

When multiple people began reporting Alexander’s scheme, the FBI got involved.

NBC News reported that the FBI, with the help of an individual operating from within Alexander’s company, managed to prevent almost $470,000 from being wired to accounts linked to Alexander’s shell companies.

The U.S. District Judge ordered Alexander to pay the restitution fees after granting him probation.

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