A U.S. alcohol distributor has agreed to pay $12.5 million and make substantial compliance improvements to resolve allegations that the company and its executives made improper payments to retailers as bribes for business, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced.
Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits (SGWS), of Florida, distributes alcohol nationwide and, between 2017 and 2022, made and hid improper payments to liquor stores and grocery store chains as enticements to carry their products, the DOJ said in a press release Thursday.
