Billionaire Koch Brother Files FOIA Against FBI in Crusade Against Counterfeit Wine

Am. L. Media, May 31, 2022

Bond, Schoeneck & King filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI Saturday in New York Southern District Court on behalf billionaire and collector Bill Koch and wine commentator Bradley Goldstein.

The complaint, which arises from Koch’s attempts to expose alleged fraud within the international rare wine market, seeks records related to wine distributor Royal Wine Merchants and deceased wine counterfeiter Meinhard Gorke a/k/a ‘Hardy Rodenstock’ and ‘Meinhard Lehner.’

The case is 1:22-cv-04421, Koch et al v. Federal Bureau Of Investigation.

A copy of the complaint is here.