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  • Founder of whisky investment firm Hackstons tied to notorious ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ wine scam

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    A high-flying salesman who made millions during his time at a business that was subsequently exposed as a notorious wine scam is now running a West End whisky investment firm having changed his name, City AM can reveal. Alphie Valentine, 41, is the co-founder and director of Hackstons, whose flagship store opened in Knightsbridge in [...]

    City AM understands whisky investment firm Hackstons’ boss Valentine was a key player at Bordeaux Fine Wines (BFW), which liquidators subsequently labelled a ponzi scheme

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