Police arrest 5 ex-Snow Brand Foods execs over fraud

Police arrest 5 ex-Snow Brand Foods execs over fraud

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Snow Brand Foods Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 10 to search for evidence in connection with the arrest of five former executives of the company. Police arrested them on suspicion of defrauding an industry body out of 196 million yen by falsely labeling beef.

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