Russian-Style Justice and Persecution Against a Non-Unionized Businessman - in the US!

www.yossigestetner.com ^ | 4/18/2010 | Yossi Gestetner

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THIS IS A KNOWN TOPIC, BUT FEW KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE GROSS INJUSTICE AND PERSECUTION THAT IS TAKING PLACE AGAINST a NON-UNIONIZED (former) BUISNESSMAN. SENTENCING DATE is SET for APRIL 28!

Some in the U.S. remember the raid by federal agents that took place in May 2008 on the Agriprocessors meat plant in Iowa, but few know the injustice and persecution that went on from day one, and still continues today.

The raid took place due to two sins of Agriprocessors: 1) Almost 400 of the plant’s 700 non-unionized employees were allegedly illegal aliens. Charges of wrong-doing on the part of the Agri-bosses were later dropped because there was no proof that the firm hired the workers knowing that they were here illegally. In fact, a federal agent who tried getting a job there while providing visibly fraudulent papers was turned down twice. In addition, Agriprocessors paid payroll taxes on all employees working there.

The firm was levied fines for failing to pay workers and file other paperwork for a six-week period AFTER the federal raid took place, which essentially crippled the firm. Despite dropping the immigration charges, prosecutors used immigration issues to convince a jury to convict the company’s leaders, or for what I call the second sin.

Sholom Rubashkin, a plant vp, inflated the firm’s receivables to get a larger line of credit from a local bank. The bank earned millions in interests during the life of the line of credit. However, only after the Feds seized the assets of Agriprocessors and forced the firm into bankruptcy, the bank lost $26 million of unpaid debt, which federal prosecutors conveniently use as a “$26 million bank fraud” talking point to chastise Rubashkin and to have him sit behind bars for life.

This is not even half the strot.