U.S. District Judge James Knoll Gardner called Marsh’s crime a “serious offense.” He was convicted of the charges in February. Judge Gardner ordered Marsh to pay $114,570 to Catelli to cover legal fees from his threats and a $600 mandatory fee.
According to a press release issued in March 2004 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office at the time of his indictment, Marsh, who was fired by Catelli Brothers within 6 months after he was hired, obtained under false pretenses copies of inspection reports which had been prepared by a testing firm hired by Catelli Brothers.
According to the indictment, Marsh altered the testing laboratories reports, dated June 5, 2002, to make it appear as though the testing laboratory had found evidence of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella in two samples of veal and one sample of lamb that had been processed by Catelli Brothers.
According to the release, Catelli Brothers also learned after firing Marsh that he had falsified his resume by claiming that he had a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Moravian College and a master’s degree in organic chemistry from Lehigh University.
Marsh was also convicted of threatening Catelli Brothers with negative publicity and predicted that Catelli Brothers would be forced to recall its meat products.
