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The Gold-Seal Scheme: How Produce Paperwork Ruined Hundreds
The Gold-Seal Scheme: How Produce Paperwork Ruined Hundreds
A single freight invoice stamped with the Talmadge County Health Department gold seal sat on a pallet in eleven-degree cold - and it was the first piece of evidence in a federal racketeering case that would reveal an eight-year scheme. How did routine-looking inspection notices and legitimate letterhead become the mechanism that shuttered scores of restaurants, hotels, and cafeterias?
In this episode, we tell the story found in that photograph and the files that followed: who delivered the envelopes, who signed the notices, and how…
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