Nothing kosher about meatpacker's money handling, feds say

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

DES MOINES, Iowa — The former chief executive officer of the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant has been named in a new 99-count federal indictment filed in Iowa.

Former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin is already being held on charges of bank fraud, harboring illegal immigrants, document fraud and identity theft. The new indictment adds charges of money laundering and violating an order from the U.S. secretary of agriculture.

The indictment was filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids.



Read more: http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10539760

[grassfed]

1. connection?

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature7/?fs=travel.nationalgeographic.com

[R Merm]

2. one and the same

[Jambalaya]

3. Do Chinese "keep" Kosher?

PLEASE read this linked article. It is an EXCELLENT piece of investigative journalism about Rubashkin. This story has truly been under the radar. But with Chinese immigrants and Texas figuring prominently in this Pottsville story, well,DUH!


Proect America
May 18th, 2008
by Craig

Agriprocessors: A Blight on the Land
The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained 390 illegal immigrants May 13, 2008 in the largest single-site immigration raid in US history. The raid took place at Agriprocessors, Inc., the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant, located in the tiny town of Postville, Iowa.

Federal officials have declined to comment about possible charges against the owners of Agriprocessors, and jaded Americans can be forgiven for assuming the employer will receive a slap on the wrist, if it receives any penalty at all.

But before you shrug and move on, it’s worth noting that the feds aren’t following the typical routine around the Postville raid. There may yet be some arrests in the offing higher up the ladder, with serious felony charges to follow.

There should be, anyway. The 390 detainees who were working in Agriprocessors’ slaughterhouse are the vanilla surface of a much darker story underneath—a deeply troubling story that demands the owners of Agriprocessors, among others, be prosecuted under the full weight of the law.

If this story doesn’t end with significant prison sentences handed down, there is, as they say, no justice.

[Jambalaya]

4. Links to Project America article

Biggest immig raid ever much worse than you think May 18, 2008 ... But if he wants the slaughterhouse job Agriprocessors is .... One was to Chris Cannon during the campaign in which ProjectUSA was giving him ...
projectusa.org/2008/05/18/biggest-immig-raid-ever-much-worse-than-you-think/ - 102k -

[Jambalaya]

5. Do Mormons "keep" Kosher?

Cannon defends loan exposed in Web report | Citizens for ... 21 Jan 2006 // Utah Rep. Chris Cannon is defending himself against questions raised ... LLC, a kosher slaughterhouse in which Cannon was a major investor. ...
www.citizensforethics.org/node/23245 - 15k

[SOS]

6. How many hundreds of charges have to be filed before these criminals are placed in a prison cell?

nt

[Karenina]

7. First they have to steal 2 brownies.

Now THAT would bring the full weight of the law down on their heads...