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Former Iowa Meatpacking Manager Seeks Dismissal

 

MICHAEL J. CRUMB

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The attorney for Sholom Rubashkin filed a motion on Tuesday seeking to dismiss 20 counts against the former manager of the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher meatpacking plant in Postville.

Rubashkin is named in a 79-count indictment, charging him with federal immigration, bank fraud and money laundering charges. He also named in 20 counts of willful violation of order of the secretary of agriculture. The charge can be filed if a meatpacker fails to pay for livestock on a timely basis, as required by law.

The charges are the result of an investigation that began in 2007 and has continued since the May 12, 2008, immigration raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant. ...

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