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Man guilty in bogus testing for mad cow

The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.18.2007
PHOENIX — A Maricopa man has pleaded guilty in a case that involved bogus testing for mad cow disease.
Roland Emerson Farabee, 55, had a federal government contract to collect samples from high-risk animals and submit them to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for testing. He was also supposed to keep the carcasses until the tests were done.
But Farabee delivered tests from healthy animals and didn't keep the carcasses. He and his company, Farm Fresh Meats Inc., pleaded guilty this week to theft of government funds, wire fraud and mail fraud. The scam cost the government $390,000.
Farabee was paid $150 for each specimen he submitted.