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A question of the Secretary of Agriculture’s jurisdiction

By Dan Flynn on May 4, 2016

After an Iowa  jury found the founder of Midamar Corp. guilty of a scheme to falsify documents behind certain Halal beef shipments several years ago, others involved “plead out.” But Midamar and Jalel Aossey, who…
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Federal judge sentences Halal beef schemer to 2 years

By Dan Flynn on February 25, 2016

Another long-time food company executive is headed to federal prison. billaosseyjr_406x250William B. Aossey Jr., the founder and long-time chief executive of Iowa’s Midamar Corp., was sentenced today to two years in a federal prison yet…
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Plea Agreements Could Lead to Second Iowa Halal Trial Being Scratched

By Dan Flynn on September 4, 2015

A second criminal trial in Iowa’s halal beef case will likely be scratched if the court accepts plea agreements that four defendants have reached with the government. Those defendants, along with their attorneys, are scheduled…
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Confusion Over Lawyers Marks Start of First Halal Trial in Iowa

By Dan Flynn on July 7, 2015

As the federal trial gets underway today in Cedar Falls, IA, the religious card is not really being played, but it is clearly in the deck. And one of the South’s more prominent agriculture and…
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Iowa Judge Denies Motions to Dismiss, Halal Beef Trial Scheduled to Start July 7

By Dan Flynn on June 24, 2015

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda R. Reade signed an order Tuesday dismissing defendant William B. Aossey Jr.’s request for dismissal of 12 of 19 charges prior to the July 7 scheduled start of his…
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Halal Beef Exporter Goes to Federal Criminal Trial in Iowa on July 7

By Dan Flynn on June 19, 2015

The man who built a worldwide Halal beef exporting company from Iowa will go to federal criminal trial in Cedar Rapids on July 7, beginning with jury selection. Federal Magistrate Judge Jon Stuart Scoles has…
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Feds Want to Keep Seized Midamar Emails For Now

By Dan Flynn on May 20, 2015

The government on Tuesday asked a federal magistrate to deny an emergency motion seeking the return of emails taken last week when search warrants were executed at the Midamar Corporation in Cedar Rapids, IA. Defense…
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Trials Scheduled for Iowa Defendants in Halal Case

By Dan Flynn on May 12, 2015

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…
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All Defendants Plead Not Guilty in Halal Case

By Dan Flynn on December 16, 2014

The federal courts often move too slowly for some, but that was not the case Monday in the U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa. in just 18 minutes, officers of the Cedar Rapids, IA-based Midamar…
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Federal Prosecutors Add Four Defendants to Alleged Halal Mislabeling Case

By Dan Flynn on December 9, 2014

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…
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Trial of Halal Businessman in Iowa Postponed to March

By Dan Flynn on December 2, 2014

The October indictment of the founder of a Halal business based in Iowa will not be followed by a December trial. Citing the “complex nature of this case” and the “need for extended pretrial preparations,”…
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