June 17, 2014
The former owner and CEO of defunct Peanut Corp. of America on Friday failed to persuade a Georgia federal judge to keep the seal on an email in which he appears to authorize a company employee to "lie" about company sales, allowing prosecutors to try to introduce it as evidence in an upcoming trial over a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to his company.
May 21, 2014
Facing fraud charges in connection with a massive salmonella outbreak, the former owner and CEO of defunct Peanut Corp. of America urged a Georgia federal judge on Tuesday to disallow any mention at his upcoming trial of the nine deaths and hundreds of illnesses linked to the outbreak.
May 08, 2014
A former manager at defunct Peanut Corp. of America faces up to six years in prison after he pled guilty Wednesday during an appearance in Georgia federal court to his role in a massive salmonella outbreak that killed at least nine people.
May 07, 2014
An ex-manager at defunct Peanut Corp. of America is set to enter a new plea on charges that he played a role in a massive salmonella outbreak that killed at least nine people, according to documents filed Tuesday in Georgia federal court.
April 29, 2013
A federal judge in Georgia refused Friday to allow the indicted former CEO of defunct Peanut Corp. of America to have his passport back while he waits to face fraud charges connected to a massive salmonella outbreak in 2008 and 2009 that federal authorities say may have killed nine people and sickened hundreds more.