Prosecutors say Rubashkin masterminded scheme
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Associated Press - November 9, 2009 3:54 PM ET
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Prosecutors say the former manager of an Iowa kosher meatpacking plant masterminded a fraud scheme and harbored immigrants at the plant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr. gave the government's closing arguments Monday in Sholom Rubashkin's federal financial fraud trial in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Rubashkin is on trial on 91 financial fraud charges, and Deegan asked jurors to convict the former Agriprocessors Inc. vice president on all counts.
Deegan pointed to financial records and witness testimony to try to persuade jurors that Rubashkin cheated the plant's lender and ignored repeated warnings about illegal workers at the Postville, Iowa, plant.
Deegan also says that Rubashkin's claim that he didn't know about the crimes is "ridiculous."
Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
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