Bought fine whisky for more than CHF 14,000 to sell on

The 29-year-old man liked expensive single malts – but he didn’t want to enjoy them himself. He forged a payment slip on order to obtain the bottles,.

The man, who originates from Vietnam and who is described as a professional stylist in the criminal order of the Zug prosecutor, is accused of multiple cases of fraud and the forgery of documents. He ordered six bottles of whisky from the same retailer, or picked them up from the store. And didn’t pay for them.

After the 29-year-old had ordered, received and not paid for the first bottle (costing around CHF 1900.-), he ordered another bottle of whisky of the same brand three days later. On the day of the second order, he made a payment of less than CHF 50, and then altered the payment receipt to show the full price for the two bottles. A representative of the company then handed him the second bottle when he presented the forged receipt.

More and more orders followed
Four days after the second order, he ordered another bottle and had it delivered by express. He had supposedly proved his creditworthiness through the forged proof of payment. After receiving the express delivery, the accused marched into a store of the dealer and took another bottle. Finally, 10 and 14 days after his last order, he ordered two more bottles.

The man ingeniously used parts of his long name and different dates of birth to bypass the automatic credit check. It was clear that the man was suffering from a lack of money, and wanted to resell the expensive whiskies – if necessary below value – and to use the proceeds for himself.

As the man had previous convictions, the public prosecutor sentenced him to an unconditional fine of 110 daily rates of CHF 30.-, a total of CHF 3,300, and he will also have to pay the costs of the proceedings. The trader's claim for CHF 14,500 was accepted by the man.