The vice president of a Virginia seafood company pleaded guilty in federal court this week to passing off 183 tons of foreign crab meat as US-raised blue crab. The crabmeat involved in the 5-year-long bait-and-switch amounted to a wholesale value of $4.3M.
It's safe to say 183 tons is a lot of crab meat. It's certainly a lot of crabmeat to import from other countries and repackage as U.S.-raised blue crab.
The vice president of a Virginia seafood company pleaded guilty in federal court this week to taking part in this weighty scam. According to a release from the Department of Justice, Michael P. Casey of Casey's Seafood admitted to conspiring with others within the company to falsely label imported crab meat and re-sell it to grocery stores and retailers. All in all, the crabmeat involved in the five-year-long bait-and-switch amounted to a wholesale value of $4.3 million. G.
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