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Wine Wizard From the early 2000s until 2012, a young Indonesian immigrant named Rudy Kurniawan swindled Silicon Valley socialites—including wine and art expert William Koch—out of nearly $30 million by repackaging wine in his basement and selling it for thousands of dollars per bottle. In 2014, a judge sentenced Kurniawan to 10 years in prison. Kurniawan earned his nickname "Dr. Conti" because he was known for bidding high on famously-expensive Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wines at auctions.

Nine people died and thousands got sick in 2008 and 2009 after eating peanut butter contaminated with salmonella. The story's grossest detail is that the CEO of the Peanut Corporation of America, Stewart Parnell, knew the food may have been contaminated—but shipped it anyway. Parnell was found guilty in 2014 on more than 70 criminal charges and received the longest prison sentence of any food-related crime: 28 years.

5 of the Worst Criminals in Food History | Mother Jones