William Aossey Jr., founder and owner of Midamar Corp., one of the country’s largest halal meat processors, was indicted late last week in federal court on 19 counts involving the sale of misbranded halal beef products and falsifying export documents and certificates.
According to KCRG News, Aossey is charged with one count of conspiracy to make false statements, sell misbranded meat, and commit mail and wire fraud; seven counts of making or causing false statements to be made on export applications; seven counts of wire fraud; three counts of money laundering; and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.