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Posted on 08/07/2026 11:50:23 AM PDT by DFG
Just a month before Taylor Fresh Foods began grappling with a sweeping multi-state lettuce recall, the Salinas-based company filed a civil lawsuit against one of its former presidents and his wife, accusing the couple of a yearslong, $32 million embezzlement operation.
According to the lawsuit, filed June 5 in federal court, Brian Thure, the former president of a Taylor Fresh Foods subsidiary in Tennessee, allegedly spent millions of dollars in company money on unauthorized purchases, including a UC Berkeley endowment, a luxury home in Hawaii and a 400-acre ranch in Humboldt County. Brian Thure’s wife, Julie Thure, was also named in the lawsuit, along with MTS Building and Electrical, an alleged unregistered sham contractor that the couple allegedly used to funnel stolen money and the contractor’s principal.
The alleged scheme spanned approximately four years, Taylor Fresh Foods said in the lawsuit, as Brian purportedly used fraudulent vendor charges, payroll, reimbursements, company credit cards, construction projects and company entities for his benefit. Brian, who served as president from 2012 to March 2026, also allegedly used his position to bribe other employees to stay quiet about “irregularities for his personal benefit,” the lawsuit read.
The company said it became aware of the alleged fraud after an IRS audit in early 2025, where the agency raised “concerns” about MTS and “other questionable reimbursement practices” at the company’s Tennessee subsidiary. Taylor Fresh Foods launched its own investigation, which revealed a “multi-year fraudulent scheme,” the company said.
Taylor Fresh Foods accused the couple of dozens of purchases, such as using $1 million to fund the “Brian and Julie Thure Right Tackle Endowment” at UC Berkeley,” where Brian played football before he joined the NFL. A UC Berkeley news release about the gift was later taken down, according to the lawsuit.
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If this were a Midsomer Murders episode, there would be several bodies found in the woods.
That’s a lotta lettuce. 🥬🥬🥬🥬
Tainted, of course.
Just checked opensecrets.org.
Taylor Farms employees/management love their Dems...
Unless you are the founder, no one should sit as president of a mid-cap company longer than 10 years. No one. None. Frankly 10 is too long.
Funny.
If they re-booted that slow moving old show they should hire James Wan to direct and the John Wick stunt team to update it. And the new team would have a young Muslim learning from the veteran detective.
“What did Ahmed find out about the backgrounds of the people who owned the old mansion?”
“Nothing so far. He heard the Call To Prayer and is going to have to finish up later.”
Note to DataRepublican, you might want to have a real good look at any PACs associated with Taylor Farms and/or Taylor Fresh Foods.
There’s something seriously strange going on there.
Unfortunately, this happens a lot to family-owned businesses like Taylor Farms. The family (usually second or third generation) is not that involved and turns management over to a “trusted” CEO, who promptly uses the company as a personal piggy bank. It happens with public companies too but there are at least some controls on public companies. The CEO as king is way to common. This guy had the chutzpah to get his wife in on the act too.
This also happens a lot in not-for-profits. The founder is truly dedicated and altruistic. He gets old, uninvolved or his time over-extended. Other take control and are neither as competent, nor as altruistic, and the founder.
It’s still being produced. Of course, all the little surrounding villages have the obligatory black villagers, since the BBC demands it. OTOH, maybe they have infiltrated all the actual villages.
Amazing longevity. I wish someone could have saved FBI Most Wanted for me. And Law and Order Criminal Intent.
Pluto airs law and order reruns.
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
The home office dumped bus loads of turds in my Cousin’s highland village. They aren’t going to let any natives live without the great strength of illiterate violent diversifiers.
Monstrous!
Actually, it’s only the original. Criminal intent can be viewed as follows:
You can stream all seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent on Peacock, and it is also available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and for purchase on DVD.
“The strategy committed to better access to essential services such as education, housing, health and employment. It recognises the skills, knowledge and resilience which refugees bring and aims to help people to settle, become part of the community, and pursue their ambitions.” - New Scots Integration Strategy
Never mind the native Scottish pursuing their ambitions. Gotta restructure the western Christian world for the sake of Muslim invaders and rape gangs.
Favorite character, “Bobby”.
Watched that for a long time. Reminded me of Columbo just a younger character.
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