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
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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
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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
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Ex-Midamar Operations Manager Will Testify Against Former Employers
The U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa has accepted the government’s plea bargain with a former Midamar Corp. operations manager, clearing the way for 50-year-old Philip Payne to become a witness against his former employers.
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All Defendants Plead Not Guilty in Halal Case
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
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
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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Iowa Judge From Controversial Kosher Case to Preside Over Halal Trial
The same federal judge who took criticism from around the country for her involvement in bringing down a large Iowa Kosher meat company five years ago is now scheduled to preside over a criminal trial
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