Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against Meatpacker

Shown is the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Postville, Iowa. A May 12, 2008 raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Agriprocessors, the world's largest kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history. Agriprocessors is Postville's biggest employer. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Nov 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 10:44 PM CST

DES MOINES (AP) - A federal grand jury has returned a 12-count indictment against a kosher slaughterhouse and some its employees on charges ranging from conspiracy and harboring illegal immigrants to bank fraud.

The superseding indictment includes three new defendants - Brent Beebe, Hosam Amara and Zeev Levi - who haven't previously faced federal charges in connection with the Agriprocessors plant in Postville. The indictment was issued Thursday and unsealed on Friday.

Former CEO Sholom Rubashkin and human resources worker Karina Freund, who were already facing federal charges, also were named in the indictment.

The indictment lists charges including conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for profit, harboring and aiding and abetting undocumented immigrants for profit, conspiracy to commit document fraud, aiding and abetting document fraud, aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft and brank fraud.

Federal immigration agents raided the northeast Iowa plant in May and arrested 389 workers.

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