California-based Mendocino Brewing Company, which sells a number of beer brands including Kingfisher in the US, has got Mallya as its chairman and is owned by UB Group through a complex shareholding structure
More than half of Mallya's total package for 2015 has been paid by Mendocino Brewing Company for 'promoting' the company's beer brands
As his personal wealth started booming, Mallya went on a buying spree.
In an SEC filing dating back to 1997, he figures as "J Vallabh".
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The family's disappearance coincided with reports that a vehicle had sunk into the Eel River in Northern California.