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Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
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,...
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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
R. Moshe in 770 earlier this week. Photo: colCrown Heights, NY - Moshe Rubashkin, Rosh Hakohol of Crown Heights and a private businessman, [He is the son of Agriprocessors founder Aaron Rubashkin and brother of its former CEO, Sholom Rubashkin.] was sentenced today in Philadelphia with 16 months in prison by a federal judge. Rubashkin and [...]
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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Sholom RubashkinPostville, IA - Federal prosecutors have arrested Sholom Rubashkin, former chief executive officer and vice president at Agriprocessors and son of company founder Aaron Rubashkin, on a criminal complaint that alleges the man conspired in immigration-related offenses. The criminal complaint is the first against any high-level member of Agriprocessors management...
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Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
First on the Iowa Independent Federal prosecutors have arrested Sholom Rubashkin, former chief executive officer and vice president at Agriprocessors and son of company founder Aaron Rubashkin, on a criminal complaint that alleges the man conspired in immigration-related offenses.
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Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
Nearly six months after federal authorities swarmed the small town of Postville and detained nearly half of a kosher meatpacking plant’s workforce on suspected immigration violations, shock waves are still being felt throughout the Iowa and nation. This week, former Agriprocessors executive officer Sholom M. Rubashkin, son of company founder A. Aaron Rubashkin, was arrested by...
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Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Sholom Rubashkin, the former chief executive officer and vice president of Agriprocessors, has been charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office with conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit, aiding and abetting document fraud, and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
It was the second time in less than a month that Rubashkin, former chief executive officer at Agriprocessors and the son of company owner Abraham Aaron Rubashkin, had been arrested. He was arrested in late October on federal charges related to his operation of the plant, site of an immigration raid in which 389 people were arrested. The arrest Friday was related to the depositing...
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Monkey in the Middle (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
For the last year my good friend Roger Garner of Radarsite has been covering the saga of Agriprocessors. With Roger away, I will finish this sad tale of greed, illegal immigration and woe. It started with an ICE raid back in May. It was discovered that with over 400 employees, many were illegal immigrants who had obtained their documents with the help of the plant owner Sholom Rubashkin. Then...
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A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
One of the nation's largest kosher meat producers is seeking Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection. Agriprocessors, which produces kosher meat under the Aaron Rubashkin label and is sold at supermarkets nationally such as Albertson’s, Kroger, Shop Rite, Wal-Mart, Trader Joe’s, Ralph’s, Pathmark, and H.E. Butt, was the focus of an immigration and customs investigation that revealed 300 workers...
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FailedMessiah.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Here is what Aaron Rubashkin said in Agriprocessors'…
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CEOWORLD Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
A former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse that was found to have employed hundreds of illegal immigrants was arrested yesterday by authorities who allege that he helped many of the workers get fake documents. Sholom Rubashkin, 49, the son of Agriprocessors owner Abraham Aaron Rubashkin, was charged with conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for financial gain, [...]
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CFO (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... a third party to oversee the company's assets.In its lawsuit, the bank names Agriprocessors owner Aaron Rubashkin, his son, and former CEO Sholom Rubashkin, along with slaughterhouses in Postville and Gordon, Neb., according to the press reports.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... appoint a third party to oversee the company's assets.The bank's suit names Agriprocessors owner Aaron Rubashkin, his son and former CEO Sholom Rubashkin and slaughterhouses in Postville, Iowa, and Gordon, Neb. In addition to livestock and plant equipment, the suit says the Rubashkins' personal property should be considered collateral.A lawyer for the company did not...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
... appoint a third party to oversee the company's assets.The bank's suit names Agriprocessors owner Aaron Rubashkin, his son and former CEO Sholom Rubashkin and slaughterhouses in Postville, Iowa, and Gordon, Neb. In addition to livestock and plant equipment, the suit says the Rubashkins' personal property should be considered collateral.A lawyer for the company did not...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa A former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse raided by federal immigration agents in May has been arrested. Immigration agents arrested Sholom Rubashkin, son of company owner Abraham Aaron Rubashkin, yesterday in Postville. The 49-year-old will face charges of conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for financial gain, aiding and abetting document fraud and...
