Caviar dealer in jail – BEMKA

 

 

Max Moghaddam, the owner of the Bemka Corporation (‘House of Caviar & Fine Foods’) operating its business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and in Brussels, Belgium, got finally sentenced to 18 months for caviar smuggling.

Mr.Moghaddam mislabeled and exported 240kg. of roe from the American paddlefish (endangered species) as bowfin roe (aka ‘whitefish’ and not endangered) to Belgium back in 2007 and got sentenced after a 4-day trial in last december.

According to the condemned criminal it was a ‘mistake’ of the shipping department, because he has ordered some 14’000 pounds of paddlefish roe earlier in the same month.

The homepage of Bemka Corporation promises a service and products to its clients with ‘distinction and perfection’. Well, that’s no longer the case…

Of course, mistakes can happen. But not seeing it during the hole process of repackaging 240kg. of caviar? I very much doubt that. The super premium brand ZwyerCaviar is committed every and each day to show its clients that trust is not a nice-to-have, but the very most valued gift when it comes to caviar!

For more articles:

- Gourmet News: Caviar dealer’s trial date set in smuggling case

- Luxist: Illegal Caviar Exporter Could Face $500,000 Fine

- Gourmet News: Caviar dealer sentenced to 18 months in smuggling case

Corporate websites:

- Caviarlover.com (US & Belgium)

- House of Caviar & Fine Food (Netherlands)