Former Agriprocessors manager Sholom Rubashkin will be featurned in the CNBC TV series “American Greed” this month.
Rubashkin, 51, of Postville, was convicted in November 2009 of 86 counts of fraud, money laundering, and failure to pay livestock producers in a timely manner.
The charges stemmed from a May 2008 immigration raid at the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, which resulted in the arrest of nearly 400 illegal immigrants.
The show will air on March 23, according to CNBC’s web site. It uses a play on the word “orthodox” to promote the show.
“”The head of a kosher slaughterhouse uses unorthodox methods to make money,” the description said.
Rubashkin is a member of an orthodox Jewish religious group. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of more than $26 million.
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