In a case with echoes of the notorious conman Rudy Kurniawan, a Russian man has been jailed and ordered to pay huge fines for selling counterfeit bottles of Burgundy – including some of the world's most expensive – according to French newspaper Le Monde.

On Monday, Aleksandr Iugov appeared before the Dijon Correctional Court and was sentenced to four years in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of two years, for selling fake bottles of prestigious Burgundy estates, including of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy.

Iugov was then hit with a €150,000 ($165,000) fine for fraudulent use of an appellation. He must also pay more than €550,000 ($605,000) in damages and compensation, including about €300,000 to DRC, who had claimed €200,000 more