RNDC Alleges Personal Vendetta in Maryland Indictment

News broke in May that a federal grand jury in Maryland had indicted Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) and three of its employees on an alleged "scheme to defraud the state and city of New York, and registered New York liquor wholesalers." Initially the charges looked pretty bad for the second largest wholesaler in the country [see WSD 05-24-2016]. However, RNDC has provided its record of the events--including the Assistant US Attorney's personal vendetta, and an an investigation plagued by