Agriprocessors
Rubashkin will remain in custody
Despite offering the court $3.75 million for bail, former Agriprocessors chief executive Sholom Rubashkin will remain in federal custody.
As Postville implodes, hostility to Rubashkin grows
People in and around the small northern Iowa community of Postville have been gathering donations to help care for former Agriprocessors employees left in the lurch by the mass arrest, deportations of immigrant workers, and layoffs resulting from the firm’s legal problems, and the tempers of those cast out are beginning to flare.
Former Agriprocessors CEO to remain behind bars — for now
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jon Scoles heard arguments in federal court this afternoon on the possible release of Sholom M. Rubashkin, the former chief executive of Agriprocessors in Postville. A written ruling is expected tomorrow.
Rubashkin, 49, has been in the Dubuque County Jail and under the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Office since his arrest last [...]
Fraud charges familiar to the Rubashkin family
The arrest of Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin on bank fraud charges earlier today marked the fourth time that he or his brother has been alleged to have engaged in financial deception.
Former Agriprocessors chief executive arrested again
Sholom Rubashkin, former chief executive at the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, was arrested again this morning by federal authorities on a charge of bank fraud.
Update: Rubashkin will remain in temporary custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Nov. 19.
Agriprocessors bankruptcy update
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Postville meatpacking plant Agriprocessors is slowly making its way through the New York courts. Creditors, primarily located in the Midwest, have filed motions with the court to move the proceedings from the east coast to Iowa, but the court is not expected to make a ruling on that motion [...]
Zieman is first political casualty of Postville
If immigration issues were a political football in this year’s state legislative races, then Senate District 8, an area that encompasses Howard, Chickasaw, Allamakee and Winneshiek counties in northeastern Iowa and includes the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant, was the 50-yard line.
Agriprocessors roller coaster mounts another climb
Jewish rabbis were not paid Friday, and it was not the first time time. Other employees did receive paychecks, although some voiced concern that the checks may not clear. The rabbis were asked for patience and promised payments as soon as possible.
According to a source who attended a meeting Friday with upper management, the plant plans to concentrate on poultry production — particularly on chicken — in the near future. The plant’s beef line has operated only sporadically over the past two weeks.
Postville tense after evictions, another raid and Agri’s bankruptcy
“I have no clue where to start.”
That was the phrase uttered time and time again as residents in and around Postville were asked to describe what’s happened this week in their community.
Rubashkin family member heads to prison for Pennsylvania misdeeds
The Rubashkin family, owners and founders of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, were handed another defeat this week as Moshe Rubashkin was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.
Moshe, a son of Agriprocessors founder A. Aaron Rubashkin, had pleaded guilty in February to leaving hazardous waste inside the Allentown, PA textile plant he owned and operated. His son, Shalom Rubashkin, was also charged in the case and will be sentenced next month.