A preliminary order of forfeiture has been entered in the U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa requiring defendants Midamar Corporation and Islamic Services of America to pay a judgment of $600,000 to the federal government. Signed by Chief Judge Linda R. Reade, the order was entered after the business entities
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Outlines of the plea agreements between the government and brothers Jalel and Yahya Nasser Aossey were coming into focus ahead of today’s federal court hearings in Cedar Rapids, IA. halalmeat_406x250Court documents suggest that Jalel Aossey and the corporate entities are each being allowed to plead guilty to a single count
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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
Continue Reading Founder of Iowa’s ‘Halal’ Beef-Exporting Businesses Gets Trial Postponed

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. Under the agreement, Payne pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make and deliver
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