An Aussie winemaker and company have been criminally convicted and ordered to pay more than $500,000 in fines for illegally stealing water to grow wine grapes.
A wine company was found to have illegal tapped into a pipeline, stealing about 146 Olympic swimming pools of water.
“The conduct, the subject of all of the offences, was done with the intention that Jindalee Wines would not have to pay for the unmetered water taken. The next day she received a call from Mr Littore, who explained to her he had been under financial stress.
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