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OGDEN -- Two men who operate an Ogden company are accused of fraud for allegedly making $5.8 million profit overseas from products intended for U.S. ranchers in need.
The Standard-Examiner reports the federal government filed a civil lawsuit alleging Jerry Goodwin, of Ogden, and Richard Carter, of Ten Sleep, Wyo., obtained millions of pounds of government-issued dried nonfat milk to be mixed into feed and sent to drought-stricken U.S. ranchers.
The government says the company instead sold the milk for millions of dollars and shipped it overseas.
Goodwin and Carter, who are partners in R&J Feed Co., allegedly got the milk through a U.S. Department of Agriculture program in 2002 and 2003.
Goodwin denied the charges and told the Standard-Examiner the company hasn't shipped any of the U.S.D.A. milk overseas. He said the government is retaliating for a lawsuit he and Carter filed against the federal government in 2008 alleging the USDA kept R&J Feed from participating in the nonfat dry milk program. Goodwin and Carter withdrew that complaint in June 2009.
The government says R&J Feed had an undisclosed warehouse at Business Depot Ogden where milk was shrink-wrapped and prepared for shipment. It also says one of the company's managers provided spreadsheets showing where the milk was being shipped.
