The founder of a Halal foods exporting business in north-central Iowa was found guilty Monday of 15 of 19 federal felonies with which he was charged in a scheme to export beef to Malaysia and Indonesia without meeting the slaughter standards of those Muslim countries. The federal jury in Cedar Rapids, IA, found William B. Aossey Jr. guilty on 15 counts, including conspiracy, falsifying export certificates, and wire fraud. The U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa jury found Aossey not guilty on four counts involving monetary transactions and money laundering.
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