722 posts categorized "Rubashkin Workers"

December 16, 2009: Convicted Agriprocessors Supervisor Wants Sentence Reduced
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A former Agriprocessors supervisor who was the first to be sentenced after the 2008 immigration raid filed a motion Monday in U.S. District Court to correct his sentence. Agriprocessors supervisor asks court to correct his sentence The Gazette former Agriprocessors...

December 8, 2009: Rubashkin Asks Court To Dismiss Child Labor Charges
Comments: 54 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin's attorneys claim Division of Labor officials ignored Agriprocessors' requests to identify the workers suspected of being minors Rubashkin asks court to dismiss child labor charges By JEFF REINITZ • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO - Attorneys for the former Agriprocessors...

December 6, 2009: Conditions Better At Agri Star, Workers Say
Comments: 36 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Pay better than under Agriprocessors, supervisors less demanding, nicer. Postville, immigrants inching toward closure BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Postville, Ia. - Forty-year-old Juventino Lopez Pichia wants to bring his wife and children to Iowa. But he knows...

December 3, 2009: OU Head: Rubashkin Got "A Raw Deal…[He] Never Fleeced A Single Customer…If Anyone Is Deserving Of Sympathy, Support And Leniency, It Is Sholom Rubahskin."
Comments: 59 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
I never saw "cutting of corners in either halacha or ethical conduct," Rabbi Menachem Genack said. "USDA inspectors were in the plant at all times, and they never reported a violation of any kind." From Yated Ne'eman via COL Live:...

December 3, 2009: Chabad Kids Write Letters To Rubashkin
Comments: 30 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
"Hope you get your money & company back." Chabad.info reports: Over the past week the 6th grade English class at United Lubavitch Yeshiva in Crown Heights took to heart the fact that Shalom Mordchai Rubashkin is sitting in jail. The...

December 3, 2009: Former Agriprocessors HR Worker Sentenced
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Laura Althouse was sentenced this morning at 10:00 am. She was sentenced to 2 years probation: [Hat Tip: AGRI-vated Angel.] UPDATE 12-4-09 4:35 am CST – Here is the Des Moines Register report: Ex-meat plant worker receives probation Des Moines...

December 3, 2009: Underage Girl Alleges Sexual Harassment At Agriprocessors
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Supervisors at the now-defunct Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville sexually harassed an underage girl who worked at the meat processing plant and had intercourse with other female employees in a storage room, according to state court papers. Teenager alleges sex harassment...

November 29, 2009: Waiting, Hoping For Deportation
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
More than 24 former Agriprocessors workers find themselves in an unusual impasse: The government has ordered them deported, and many can't wait to leave. Yet they remain, waiting for the American legal system to give them the boot. Former Agriprocessors...

November 25, 2009: Government Releases Undocumented Workers Held For Rubashkin Trial
Comments: 6 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Release means many will be deported in the coming weeks. Government releases Agriprocessors material witnesses By Trish Mehaffey • Gazette The 24 undocumented former Agriprocessors workers designated as material witnesses in criminal cases will be released, according to a motion...

November 24, 2009: Pro-Rubashkin Signs Further Divide Postville
Comments: 81 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
[UPDATED] Rubashkin's face superimposed on an American flag angers some. Here's a link to the above video, which features Postville war veterans upset about the Rubashkin poster, just in case the embedded video won't play. [Hat Tip: AGRI-vated Angel.]

November 24, 2009: Letter from Miami: Postville Raid A Waste
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
The exemplary message to employers: It's OK to abuse human beings, so long as you don't lie to the bank. There are so many errors of logic and misstatements of fact in this piece, I had to point some of...

November 23, 2009: Clergy: Government Wrong For Dropping Rubashkin Immigration Charges
Comments: 56 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Religion , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
We will "investigate and pursue all constructive options and legal recourse." Rubashkin "exploited and mistreated" undocumented workers "so extensively." Clergy say workers needed to air case ASSOCIATED PRESS Decorah, Ia. - Three Decorah clergy members who have been involved in...

November 22, 2009: Jews Face "Uncertain Future" In Postville, Bemoan Lost Rubashkin Largesse
Comments: 71 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"The generosity of the Rubashkins had created a company town atmosphere within the Orthodox Jewish community." Orthodox views: Jewish community faces uncertain future in Postville By JOHN MOLSEED • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier POSTVILLE - The Agri Star kosher meat processing...

November 20, 2009: Postville Church Leaders React To Rubashkin Dismissals
Comments: 27 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"We see there is a complete lack of justice…" [Hat Tip: FGBA.]

November 20, 2009: Rubashkin Trial Witnesses Want To Go Home
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Undocumented workers held in "immigration limbo" since raid. Rubashkin trial witnesses wait ... and want to go home BY TONY LEYS • Des Moines Register Decorah, Ia. - The legal battle against Agriprocessors' Sholom Rubashkin has snared more than two...

November 20, 2009: RUBASHKIN ATTORNEY: "He's Presumed Innocent, The Court Has Now Dismissed These Charges – He Is Indeed Innocent"
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Guy Cook explains why Rubashkin is "innocent." [Hat Tip: FGBA.]

November 19, 2009: BREAKING! Government Dismisses All Immigration Charges Against Rubashkin
Comments: 152 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
UPDATED. The government basically says sentencing guidelines make the fraud charges so severe that they eclipse the penalties for the immigration charges. So the government has asked the judge to dismiss the immigration charges against Rubashkin and Agriprocessors without prejudice....

November 18, 2009: Rubashkin Gave Hosam Amara Money To Run To Israel, Gov't Tells Judge
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Former Agriprocessors manager ran at Rubashkin's request. Is now hiding in Israel. Left, Hosam Amara. Right, Zev Levi. The Courier's Jens Manuel Krogstad's Twitter feed notes that the government told the judge today that Hosam Amara, former Agri supervisor on...

November 18, 2009: Rubashkin At Bail Hearing: I've Never Run Away From A Fight
Comments: 36 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“I’m man enough to stay.” Seeking release, Rubashkin says he’s ‘never ran away from a fight’ Trish Mehaffey • The Gazette Sholom Rubashkin says he had no intention of fleeing the county and leaving his family and the Jewish community...

November 17, 2009: Orthodox Come To Rubashkin's Defense
Comments: 64 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin’s defenders and sympathizers insist that Agriprocessors was hardly unique among slaughterhouses in its hiring of illegal aliens. They also argue that many allegations against the company have yet to be substantiated. Orthodox Come To Rubashkin’s Defense by Julie Wiener...

November 17, 2009: Agri Star Retained Former Agriprocessors CFO – Even After He Pleaded Guilty To Financial Fraud
Comments: 24 | Categories: Agri-Star , Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Hershey Friedman and company did not fire Mitch Meltzer until newspaper called last week asking questions. Agri Star accountant worked at company after felony guilty plea By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier POSTVILLE - The former chief financial...

November 15, 2009: Rubashkin's Lawyer A No-Show; Stand-In Rants At PETA, Leftists, "Tree-Huggers;" Gov't Antisemitic
Comments: 13 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rabbi Samuel Hirsch tells Zev Brenner it's everyone else's fault, Rubashkin a "tzaddik." Hirsch is father of Agri Star's current co-owner and CEO, Daniel Hirsch. Hirsch is a prominent defense attorney and a former New York State Assemblyman from Borough...

November 15, 2009: Chabad Rabbi: Des Moines Register Misquoted Me
Comments: 5 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rabbi Shea Hecht says he never said Rubashkin turned down plea deal. Hecht also claims that, despite the Des Moines Register report, there was no meeting in Brooklyn between Rubashkin, his attorneys, and Hecht's committee. Here is the audio from...

November 11, 2009: Scores Of Chabad Followers Travel To SD To Support Rubashkin
Comments: 46 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Devotion and respect for the Rubashkin family is what draws the men to support a fellow member of their Hasidim, a branch of Judaism that translates to “the pious.” They know Rubashkin as the former teacher at an Atlanta Jewish...

November 9, 2009: Defense Rests, Rubashkin's Fate in Jury's Hands
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense lawyers said the charges stemmed from "over zealous" prosecutors, claim Rubashkin naïve, misled. Rubashkin case in jury's hands BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moins Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — Lawyers in the trial of Sholom Rubashkin closed their cases...

November 9, 2009: Prosecution: Rubashkin "Mastermind" Of Fraud Scheme
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr. said Rubashkin’s claim that he did not know about the crimes was “ridiculous,” and urged jurors to convict the former Agriprocessors Inc. vice president of all 91 financial fraud charges presented during his trial....

November 8, 2009: Rubashkin Supporters Crowd Courtroom
Comments: 54 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
"All these people feel that supporting him is worth the trip to Sioux Falls," Getzel Rubashkin said. "My father is loved and respected by many people, only a minute percentage of which have been physically able to attend the trial."...

November 5, 2009: RUBASHKIN TAKES THE STAND
Comments: 30 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“I made mistakes. I’m a human being. I took the information people gave me and sort of went with it without really drilling down to see if it was for real or not.” Rubashkin admits mistakes, denies crimes BY GRANT...

November 4, 2009: Agriprocessors Twice Refused To Hire Federal Informant Due to Fake Papers
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Informant was eventually hired using real papers given to him by Feds. [UPDATED 11:10 PM] This is an updated version of the Des Moines Register piece I originally posted. [Hat Tip: Neighbor Girl.] Rubashkin trial: Informant had been rejected as...

November 3, 2009: [UPDATED] AARON RUBASHKIN TESTIFIES
Comments: 63 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Agriprocessors founder says he was "unaware" of any illegal immigrants working at Agriprocessors. Sholom Rubashkin's wife also testifies. Aaron Rubashkin, Agriprocessors' founder, testifies in son's trial BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — The man who...

November 3, 2009: Rubashkins, Knowing Raid Was Imminent, Tried To A Cut Deal
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
After plant had ignored several warnings from Feds, Rubashkin legal team tried to cut deal to avoid "disruption." Sholom, Aaron, Yossie and Heshy Rubashkin with US Senator Charles Grassley in Sholom's home during a Grassley Campaign fundraising event. As you...

November 2, 2009: Slaughterhouse Worker: Rubashkins Incompetent
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Chaim Abrahams says Rubashkin brothers incompetent. Court documents filed by the defense just before the trial began list Chaim Abrahams as Sholom Rubashkin's brother-in-law: Slaughterhouse worker: Manager was incompetent SIOUX FALLS, S.D., (AP) — A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager...

October 30, 2009: The Alternative Universe Of Agriprocessors Former Counsel, Nathan Lewin
Comments: 18 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Lewin says Agriprocessors workers were paid more than workers at other meat plants and were better treated – even though government-siezed records show workers made minimum wage (or less) and were mistreated. What, Where, When bills itself as Baltimore's Jewish...

October 29, 2009: Rubashkin Trial: Defense Illegally Uses Autistic Son To Sway Jury
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Former employee: "I knew at that plant you could get in without any documents, even if it was the face of another person. I even knew in Mexico that we could go in there and work." There are two versions...

October 29, 2009: Judge: No Mistrial
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Attorneys for former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin twice filed motions for a mistrial Wednesday after a key government witness divulged details of illegal immigrants working at the company. Judge in Rubashkin case refuses to order mistrial BY JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD...

October 29, 2009: Former Agriprocessors Supervisor: Plant Scrambled To Get Workers New IDs The Night Before Raid
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza says Agriprocessors managers provided new permanent resident cards to workers. Supervisor: Iowa plant workers given immigration cards SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A former kosher slaughterhouse supervisor has testified the plant scrambled to get workers new identification documents...

October 28, 2009: BREAKING! RUBASHKIN WANTS A MISTRIAL
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Claims testimony about illegal workers allowed by judge destroys chance for fair trial. Attorneys file for mistrial in Agriprocessors executive's case By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. --- Attorneys of former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin...

October 28, 2009: Former Agriprocessors HR Manager Elizabeth Billmeyer Testifies Against Rubashkin
Comments: 7 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"He said it was his company and he would run it the way he wanted to." Witness: Rubashkin ignored warnings But an attorney for the former Agriprocessors executive attempts to block the testimony. BY JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS...

October 27, 2009: Report: Raid On Agriprocessors Disrupted "At Least" 3 State And Federal Investigations Of Labor Law Violations
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Bush Administration's "single-minded focus" on immigration enforcement gutted ongoing investigations and endangered undocumented workers. Report: Balance Us Labor Law, Border Enforcement SUZANNE GAMBOA • Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Bush administration workplace immigration raids interfered with labor investigations and allowed...

October 26, 2009: Former Agriprocessors Exec Tells Court He Was Paid In Cash To Avoid Taxes
Comments: 19 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense attorneys batter witness in attempt to save Rubashkin. Agriprocessors official testifies to getting cash salaries to avoid taxes By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. --- Defense attorneys of Sholom Rubashkin battled on Monday with...

October 26, 2009: Rubashkin "Too Good," Witness Told Court
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"That's the thing about the Rubashkins. They don't realize that, when you're too good, you get stepped on." Witnesses say fraud in Postville occurred for years BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. - The eastern Iowa...

October 23, 2009: Witness: Rubashkin Feared Feds Had Bugged Phones
Comments: 23 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
All conversations had to be conducted "on the move." Witness: Rubashkin routed profits into plant instead of bank BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — A former top officer at the financially ruined Agriprocessors Inc. described...

October 22, 2009: Rubashkin's Former Controller Says Rubashkin Ran An Elaborate Scheme To Defraud Bank
Comments: 3 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Controller also says field reviews done by bank were not thorough. Former officers testifies about fraud at Agriprocessors plant GRANT SCHULTE • DES MOINES REGISTER A former top officer at the financially ruined Agriprocessors Inc. described a culture of fraud...

October 22, 2009: Rubashkin Cashed In Own Life Insurance Policy To Keep Plant Running, Government Witness Says
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin attorney hammers witness in attempt to discredit testimony. Witness: Rubashkin cashed insurance policy to get cash for plantBy GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. – Lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin today hammered a government witness who testified...

October 21, 2009: Witness: Rubashkins Committed Bank Fraud As Far Back As 1997
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkins mislead bank, misused funds for more than a decade, former controller says. Here's the money graph from the Des Moines Register's report: • Plant executives were inflating their reported sales as far as back 1997, though on a much...

October 21, 2009: Rubashkin's Attorney Bernie Testifies Against Rubashkin
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin's former post-raid CEO Bernard Feldman says Rubashkin told him he was misusing the bank's money. Witnesses testify Rubashkin knew about alleged fraud at slaughterhouseGrant Schulte • Des Moines Register Sholom Rubashkin knew about the alleged massive fraud at his...

October 21, 2009: Bank Official: Agriprocessors Receipts Looked Real
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A bank official who inspected the books at Agriprocessors Inc. one week after a 2008 immigration raid testified Wednesday that the allegedly fake sales records that he was given appeared real. Bank official: Agriprocessors receipts looked real GRANT SCHULTE •...

October 20, 2009: Rubashkin Defense Tries To Show Bank Did Not Care About Risk
Comments: 4 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense implies bank looked the other way and ignored irregularities because the loan was lucrative. Bankers still lent cash to Rubashkin after raid GRANT SCHULTE • WCF Courier SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The St. Louis bank that was allegedly defrauded...

October 20, 2009: Rubashkin Customer Denies Tax Scheme
Comments: 10 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin attorneys try to discredit witnesses. Rubashkin customer denies tax scheme BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Sioux Falls, S.D. - A lawyer for former eastern Iowa meat plant executive Sholom Rubashkin suggested in court Monday that one of...

October 19, 2009: Chabad Rabbi Who Sits On Rubashkin Defense Fund Blames Government Antisemitism For Rubashkin Trial
Comments: 22 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
All Orthodox Jews on trial, Rabbi Shea Hecht says. [Now updated with complete audio.] According to Chabad.info [Chabad.info stole their entire post from VIN without attribution] VIN, Rabbi Shea Hecht told Dov Hikind's radio audience Saturday night that government antisemitism...

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