Howard Mora and Alan Buxbaum got caught selling choice beef as prime from their Brooklyn, NY, Stein Meat Products facility, which could have cost each of them 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
But after they each pleaded guilty to felony charges, U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto opted
Continue Reading No prison time for pair who pulled off a choice-into-prime scheme
Howard Mora and Alan Buxbaum, co-owners of Stein Meat Products Inc. in Brooklyn, NY, are scheduled to be sentenced next year after recently entering guilty pleas for a scheme to turn “Choice” beef into “Prime.”
Mora, 68, and Buxbaum, 66, must appear for sentencing at 11 a.m., Jan. 7, 2021,
Continue Reading Guilty pleas lead to January 2021 sentencing date in the ‘Choice’ turned into ‘Prime’ beef scheme
Howard Mora, 67, of Westbury, NY, and Alan Buxbaum, 65, of Monroe, NJ, were arrested and arraigned Tuesday on federal felony charges stemming from a 3-year scheme to sell beef misbranded as “Prime.” At the time, they were being featured on reality TV.
For fans of such reality shows, Mora
Continue Reading Defendants never mentioned the value of USDA PRIME when they went on Reality TV
