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Tag Archives: Sholom Rubashkin
Sholom Rubashkin to Receive 27-Year Prison Sentence, Federal Judge Says
The Des Moines Register reports: Sholom Rubashkin will receive a 27-year federal prison sentence on Tuesday for his leadership in the financial fraud scandal at Agriprocessors Inc., a judge declared today. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade will impose a 324-month … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Chabad, Kashrut
Tagged 27-year, bogus financial documents, Cedar Rapids, des moines register, false sales records, false work papers, financial fraud, illegal immigrant employees, Iowa, Judge Linda Reade, personally benefitted, postville, prison, sentenced, Sholom Rubashkin, slaughterhouse
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Rubashkin Acquitted in Iowa Child Labor Trial
The Des Moines Register reports: Waterloo, Ia. – Former Agriprocessors Inc. executive Sholom Rubashkin was found not guilty Monday of all 67 misdemeanor child labor charges against him… State prosecutors alleged Rubashkin allowed minors to labor up to 90 hours … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Immigration, Kashrut, New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged acquitted, child labor, des moines register, false documents, Guatemalans, Iowa, kosher slaughterhouse, Mexicans, minors, misdemeanor charges, not guilty, Quentin Hart, Sholom Rubashkin, under-age laborers, Waterloo
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Yisroel Pensack: Some Thoughts on the Sentencing Hearing of Sholom Rubashkin
A sentencing hearing in the financial fraud case of former Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse manager and Lubavitcher chassid Sholom Rubashkin is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Wednesday) in federal court in Iowa. There is a concept in Judaism that each Shabbat “blesses,” … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Chabad, Ethics, Fraud, Judaism, Kashrut, Torah, Truth, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged animal slaughter, chillul Hashem, conduit for blessing, confession, egypt, federal court, Iowa, lubavitcher, lubavitcher rebbe, Pesach sheni, Rashi, sacrificing animals, second Passover, sentencing hearing, shabbat, Sholom Rubashkin, wages, weights and measures, yom kippur
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Judge Denies Rubashkin Bail Bid
The Des Moines Register reports: A federal judge has denied Sholom Rubashkin’s request to be released on bail until he is sentenced on 86 financial fraud convictions. Chief Judge Linda Reade ruled that Rubashkin, the former vice president of Agriprocessors, … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Orthodoxy, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 86 financial fraud convictions, bail, des moines register, escape risk, flee the country, Hosam Amara, Judge Linda Reade, kosher slaughterhouse, Linn County Correctional Facility, northeast iowa, postville, sentencing, Sholom Rubashkin
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Feds Dismiss Immigration Charges Against Sholom Rubashkin
The Des Moines Register reports: Federal prosecutors dismissed all immigration charges against former Postville [Iowa] meat plant manager Sholom Rubashkin today, one week after a South Dakota jury convicted him of 86 business-fraud charges. The decision spares Rubashkin a second … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged bail hearing, business fraud charges, Cedar Rapids, convicted, des moines register, Guy Cook, immigration charges, Iowa, Judge Linda Reade, meat plant, Peter Deegan Jr., postville, Sholom Rubashkin, South Dakota
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