The London cheese specialist said it had delivered more than 950 wheels of cheddar - more than 22 tonnes - to scammers before realising it had been duped. Neal's Yard said it had still paid the producers so the individual dairies would not have to bear the costs and is now trying to deal with the financial setback.

The company Neal’s Yard Dairy, which sells artisanal cheeses, delivered approximately 22 metric tonnes of cheddar worth around CAD 510,000 to a fraudster posing as a French distributor but did not receive payment for the goods.

LONDON (AP) — Thieves with a nose for fine cheese have pulled off a massive cheddar ripoff in London. Neal’s Yard Dairy said a con artist posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer had made off with 22 metric tons (48,488 pounds ...