This post is a bit one-sided perhaps?
A brief background of what this is all about would help. What were the original charges, for example?
Is is my imagination, or is there nothing at all in at least the first half of the story to indicate what-the-frick kind of case we are talking about?
This ought to be a good thread for pitting the neocons against those who are opposed to the hiring of illegal immigrants.
Bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering.
A cheering section that includes Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Shelia Jackson Lee.
Wonder who this guy supported politically.
Something is wrong here.
I noticed that the accusers of this guy were first, PETA, which accused him of animal cruelty, but then again, they want to outlaw all Kosher meat processing, then eventually all meat processing and consumption.
The second group to attack him was based on inspection results by the USDA demanded by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which has been attempting to unionize the workers at his business, unsuccessfully.
Third, he was attacked by the EPA as part of a big push against pollution from animal processing plants around the country. And this is part of the current EPA regulatory rampage which is hurting business all over the US.
Fourth, the hiring of illegal aliens is typical in the meat processing business. An entire county in Arkansas is majority Mexican, because they have been imported to work for Tyson Foods, which is politically protected.
Fifth, again with the labor union, he was acquitted of hiring underage workers.
Put it all together, I suspect his big mistake was in not bribing enough congressmen to give him political cover. Possibly as well, he has made some enemies in the federal bureaucracy that wanted to shut him down.
See here for an article on out-of-control fraud guidelines
related to this case.