Whiskey Ring Scandal

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The main operations for the Whiskey Ring Scandal was based in St. Louis, Missouri, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. This group of individuals wanted to scam the federal government out of tax money. In order to do this, they would bribe the Internal Revenue Service and government officials. They would report lower liquor sales in order to keep more money for themselves. Benjamin Bristow gathered a team of investigators to audit the railroad company that shipped the liquor. The results were astonishing. The records of the shipping amounts did not match the reported liquor sold. They seized thirty distilleries and bottling plants.

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