Tagged: guilty plea

Food Company Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $19.2 Million for Manufacturing Under Unsanitary Conditions

The Justice Department has a long-record of criminal prosecutions of companies for manufacturing food products under unsanitary conditions.  In recent years, DOJ has prosecuted Blue Bell Ice Cream, Chipotle, ConAgra Grocery, Peanut Corporation of America and egg producers for production of food products that resulted in serious food borne illnesses. In a recent case, Kerry, Inc., a manufacturer of breakfast cereal for Kellogg’s Honey Smacks...

The Risk of a Cooperating Witness Left Out in the Cold

Last week, the Justice Department reported a guilty plea in the VW emissions scandal prosecution. By this one announcement, DOJ signaled that it is planning to build a bigger case against VW. Ironically, the Justice Department has exceeded the number of guilty pleas and cooperating witnesses in many of its high profile FCPA and AML/Sanctions cases. A senior VW engineer entered a guilty plea to...