A judge has ruled that construction contractors who haven't been paid for work on a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly have about three months to sort out who will get money.
Construction contractors who haven't been paid for work on a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly will be in court this week to discuss recovering the money they are owed.
The man who persuaded a rural Missouri town and the state to invest millions in bonds and incentives for an artificial sweetener plant that never materialized pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felony charges.
A federal judge has ruled that the city of Moberly and its industrial development authority are not responsible for bonds involved in a failed artificial sweetener plant project.
A bankruptcy trustee has filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages against former officials with Mamtek, the company behind a failed plan to build a sweetener facility in Moberly.
The former CEO of a proposed sweetener facility is behind bars in Missouri after extradition from California. Ex-Mamtek U.S. head Bruce Cole faces fraud and stealing charges after plans to build a sweetener plant in Moberly collapsed. Cole is being held on $500,000 bond as he awaits trial...