Mississippi restaurant Mary Mahoney’s placed on probation, issued fine for seafood mislabeling

The exterior of Mary Mahoney's Old French House restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.
The exterior of Mary Mahoney's Old French House restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A. | Photo courtesy of Mary Mahoney's
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A U.S. federal judge has put Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A.-based Mary Mahoney’s Old French House restaurant on probation and issued it a USD 149,000 (EUR 140,700) fine in a multi-year conspiracy, seafood misbranding, and wire fraud case.

Additionally, Mary Mahoney’s Co-Owner Anthony Cvitanovich was sentenced to four months of home confinement and three years probation and ordered to pay USD 10,000 (EUR 9,443) in the case, per the Biloxi Sun Herald.

Earlier this year, Cvitanovich pleaded guilty to federal charges and agreed to pay USD 1.35 million (EUR 1.3 million) in fines.

Mahoney’s admitted to selling frozen imported fish from Africa, India, and South America and advertising them as locally sourced premium species


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