Charging documents said Briones worked as an assistant sales manager for wines at a grocery chain headquartered in Idaho with more than 300 stores in Southern California. While the claim didn’t identify Albertsons as Briones’ employer, his LinkedIn says that he’s worked for the grocery chain since March 2015. According to his LinkedIn, Briones worked at Safeway since 2005 and was a category manager of wine in Pleasanton from March 2011 until February 2015. Some vendors also bribed Briones through prepaid gift cards worth as much as $10,000 in exchange for carrying, increasing purchases of or prominently displaying their wines at Albertsons’ locations. The prepaid gift cards were not taxed or reported to the Internal Revenue Service, according to court documents.