"QPS and company officials went to great lengths in conspiring with others to perpetuate fraud for more than a decade, even after they knew they were under federal investigation," said Todd Kim, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
"This kind of mislabeling fraud hurts the overall local seafood market and rips off restaurant customers who were paying extra to eat a premium local product," Gee said.
"The developments Tuesday are the latest in a case tied to a well known Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant, Mary Mahoney's Old French House in Biloxi," highlighting the wide-reaching implication of this scheme.
"Quality Poultry and Seafood Inc., the largest seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, agreed to forfeit $1 million and pay a $150,000 fine," indicating the severe financial penalties involved.
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