27 years imprisonment, $27 million in restitution. June 2010.
Criminal status
Sentence commuted December 20, 2017
Spouse
Leah Rubashkin
Children
10
Parent(s)
Aaron Rubashkin (father) Rivka Rubashkin (mother)
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Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin (born October 30, 1959)[1] is the former CEO of Agriprocessors, a now-bankrupt kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, formerly owned by his father, Aaron Rubashkin. During his time as CEO of the plant, Agriprocessors grew into one of the nation's largest kosher meat producers, but was also cited for issues involving animal cruelty,[2] food safety, environmental safety, child labor, and hiring undocumented immigrants.[3]
In November 2009, Rubashkin was convicted of 86 counts of financial fraud, including bank fraud, mail and wire fraud and money laundering. In June 2010, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison. In a separate trial, he was acquitted of knowingly hiring underage workers. He served his sentence in Federal Correctional Institution, Otisville in Mount Hope, New York. In January 2011, his lawyers filed an appeal; on September 16, 2011, the appeals court ruled against Rubashkin. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of that ruling on October 1, 2012. On December 20, 2017, asserting a large bipartisan push for the measure, President Donald Trump commuted Rubashkin's prison sentence after eight years served.[4]
^"Reb Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin Marks 51st Birthday". Matzav.com. October 6, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
^PETA Reveals Extreme Cruelty at Kosher Slaughterhouses | PETA, June 16, 2010, retrieved January 31, 2021
^"American Greed: The Slaughterhouse". CNBC.
^"Trump Commutes Sentence of Kosher Meatpacking Executive". New York Times. December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
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meat-packing facility in 1987, and managed by two of his sons, SholomRubashkin and Heshy Rubashkin. Eventually it became the largest kosher meat-packing plant...
of hazardous wastes and substances. In November 2007, Rubashkin and his son, SholomRubashkin, formerly in charge of running the family's real estate...
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sentences between 60 days and 41 months. Neither the owner, Aaron Rubashkin, nor his sons Sholom and Heshy, who were in charge of the management of Agriprocessors...
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round ups," and was awaiting sentencing. Pardoned on August 25, 2017. SholomRubashkin, an Iowa meatpacking magnate sentenced to 27 years in prison for bank...
on behalf of former kosher meat plant Agriprocessors′ top manager SholomRubashkin, a Lubavitcher Hasid, awaiting sentencing after being convicted on...
commutation in December 2017 of the 27 year federal sentence imposed on SholomRubashkin, a prominent Jewish philanthropist. Batista is also General Counsel...
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Doherty, Rosa (7 January 2019). "Hasmonean High School cancels talk by SholomRubashkin, kosher meat boss convicted of fraud". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved...
using child labor. The slaughterhouse is a family business run by SholomRubashkin, leading to questions on whether he is a corporate criminal. 46 10...
and the firm filed for bankruptcy on 5 November of the same year. SholomRubashkin as the highest ranking day-to-day corporate officer was charged with...
Roy Williams, and Israeli war hero Aviem Sella. Lewin represented SholomRubashkin in the appeal from his conviction and sentencing to 27 years in jail...
English song "Unity", expressing protest of alleged Federal injustice to SholomRubashkin in his widely publicized case in the U.S. The song, renamed "Unity...
inconsistencies. Dershowitz and others recommended that Trump commute SholomRubashkin's sentence for bank fraud in the Agriprocessors case. In 2019, Dershowitz...
He was lead counsel in the prosecutions of Russell Wasendorf and SholomRubashkin. He also has taught at the University of Iowa College of Law. After...
all-star group of Jewish musicians who produced a musical tribute to SholomRubashkin after the latter's conviction in federal court in 2010. Following the...
on the 2010 Unity for Justice album to benefit the legal defense of SholomRubashkin. Ohad sings at Jewish weddings and Chol HaMoed events with choirs such...
"Unity for Justice" song produced to benefit the legal defence of SholomRubashkin, and often sings at charitable events, including a 2014 appreciation...
supported by SholomRubashkin, who donated millions of dollars from profits earned by his now-bankrupt company, Agriprocessors. Rubashkin was twice honored...
on the 2010 Unity for Justice album to benefit the legal defense of SholomRubashkin. He was a featured singer at the HASC 22 "A Time for Music" concert...
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