Snow Brand Foods execs sentenced for beef fraud

Snow Brand Foods execs sentenced for beef fraud

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe District Court on Nov. 22 sentenced five officials of the now-defunct Snow Brand Foods Co. to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for fraud related to a government-run beef-buyback scheme devised after mad cow disease hit Japan last year. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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