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A New, Full-Bodied Fraud Comes in a Whisky Barrel

A New, Full-Bodied Fraud Comes in a Whisky Barrel
Small investors in Britain and Ireland have fallen prey to companies selling casks that turn out to be untraceable or nonexistent.

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