A motion for an emergency protective order, which is being sought by attorneys for Midamar Corp. executives, will be heard Tuesday by a federal magistrate judge in Cedar Rapids, IA. 
Midamar founder William B. Aossey Jr. and his two sons want to regain control of emails they say were seized
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Defense: Halal Case Documents Swept Up in Iowa Federal Raids
Defense attorneys for the Halal meat exporter charged with fraud and conspiracy are upset because they say confidential attorney-client emails and other documents were swept up earlier this week when Midamar Corporation and two other locations in Cedar Rapids, IA, were raided by federal agents investigating an alleged gun-running scheme.
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Trials Scheduled for Iowa Defendants in Halal Case
The founder of an Iowa-based global supplier of Halal meat and poultry products is scheduled for a federal criminal trial starting July 7 which is expected to take about a week. Another trial is scheduled for Sept. 28 for his two sons and the company he founded, the entity that
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Founder of Iowa’s ‘Halal’ Beef-Exporting Businesses Gets Trial Postponed
The first to be charged might now be the last to be tried in the Iowa cases involving the allegedly falsified sale of “Halal” beef to markets in Southeast Asia. The trial in U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa of 73-year-old Cedar Rapids businessman William B. Aossey Jr., which was
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Federal Prosecutors Add Four Defendants to Alleged Halal Mislabeling Case
The government’s prosecution over alleged mislabeling of Halal beef for export to Southeast Asia just got bigger. Brothers Jalel and William “Yahya” Aossey, along with the Midamar Corporation and Islamic Services of America, will be arraigned in federal court on multiple felony charges next Monday, Dec. 15. Both businesses are
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