A federal grand jury has found Midamar Corp. founder William Aossey Jr. guilty of 15 of 19 charges, including conspiracy, making false statements on export certificates and wire fraud. The trial was part of a scheme to export beef to Malaysia and Indonesia that did not meet those countries halal requirements, reports the Associated Press. He was acquitted of four counts of money laundering.
Prosecutors say Aossey oversaw a scheme in which Midamar employees lied about the origin of their products so they could export them to Malaysia and Indonesia from 2007 to 2010. Those products came from a slaughterhouse that was not approved to export to those countries and were falsely labeled with establishment information from a company that had approval.