Seaboard Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, Seaboard Foods LLC and Seaboard Foods Services Inc., announced that they have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the State of Oklahoma’s Office of the Attorney General. The civil settlement concludes an investigation by ICE relating to alleged I-9 paperwork errors and hiring and employment practices by the company’s pork production plant in Guymon, Okla., during the time period between 2007 and 2012.
The civil settlement also concludes an investigation as to whether the Oklahoma Medicaid Program covered certain healthcare claims for individuals enrolled in a private health insurance plan provided by Seaboard. There were no criminal charges or court rulings against the Company.