Sunday, March 4, 2012

Ex-exec gets 5 yrs. for defrauding brewery

Saying that a former G. Heileman Brewery executive betrayed hiscompany and several Hispanic organizations, a judge Thursdaysentenced him to five years in prison for orchestrating a fundingkickback scam.

U.S. District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon also ordered JosephMonreal, 47, of Muskego, Wis., to pay $295,000 in restitution -Monreal's admitted cut from the scheme.

Monreal, who pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, had servedas the government's key witness in the trial of his ex-girlfriend,Leticia Gutierrez, and Carlos Quintanilla, founder of OperationSearch, a Chicago-based Hispanic community organization.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott Mendeloff and …

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