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5W Public Relations, a New York-based firm hired last month by Agriprocessors, has told PR Week that a comment left on this blog was not fraudulent, but done at the bequest of Uri L’Tzedek, an Orthodox Jewish social group to which it was attributed. It’s a charge that the group organizers deny. “[Co-director Ari Hart] [...]

A 26-year-old man from Guatemala has pleaded guilty in federal court to using fraudulent documents in order to obtain employment at Agriprocessors, Inc. in Postville. Carlos Tzirin-Rodriguez, who was not originally detained in the May 12 immigration raid at the plant, was convicted of possessing a resident alien card that was not issued to him [...]

As I reported earlier today in an article about misconduct by 5W, a comment left here on Essential Estrogen originated from the same IP address as the one documented by FailedMessiah.com to belong to a home computer of one of the 5W Public Relations senior vice presidents. 5W is a New York-based public relations firm [...]

Answering media inquiries and consulting with an attorney wasn’t exactly how Rabbi Morris Allen wanted to spend his vacation. When he learned, however, that someone associated with a New York-based public relations firm hired by Agriprocessors was impersonating him online, he knew his vacation plans were subject to change. “What’s ironic is that [Agriprocessors] is [...]

Two supervisors charged with encouraging workers to obtain and use fraudulent documents in order to continue employment at Agriprocessors in Postville pleaded “not guilty” in federal court. Martin De La Rosa-Loera, 43, and Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 35, are both are charged with aiding and abetting the possession and use of fraudulent identity documents and encouraging [...]

Hollywood may have thought it plausible fifty years ago, but, to date, fictional Iowa Congresswoman Phoebe Frost continues to stand alone. “It was a couple of years ago when I got up and turned on the television,” remembered Becky Greenwald, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. “The set was on one of those old [...]

Two Agriprocessors Inc. supervisors facing charges for aiding and abetting undocumented workers prior to the May 12 immigration raid at the Iowa kosher meatpacking plant will remain in federal custody until their trials. During a detention hearing this week, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Jon Scoles ruled that Juan Carlos Guerrero, 35, and Martin De [...]