An Oakes Farms entity leased a 12,000-square-foot warehouse in Prichard, Alabama, which federal investigators said was “dirty, leaking and incapable of servicing the volume of schools it was allegedly servicing” under a federal contract. Photo courtesy Evelyn O’Dell
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Pleas, cooperation in fraud probe linked to Oakes Farms
Fields farmed deficiently to hurt crops in order to obtain insurance proceeds, a food-distribution warehouse staged for a visit by federal auditors, millions of dollars taken from the federal government and at least six — possibly more — players who all have one connection: Francis “Alfie” Oakes III.
