According to the Courthouse News Service, an investment group has charged in a fraud complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on May 10 that a furniture plant in Reynosa, Mexico that they bought from Thermo Fisher Scientific was controlled by the Gulf Cartel and that Thermo Fisher concealed that fact from them.
The plaintiffs are OpenGate Capital Group (which claims to do "cross border acquisitions" on its home page) and three Delaware businesses with RoundRock in their name. The plaintiffs allege that Thermo Fisher was desperate to unload the plant.
The complaint alleges that the Gulf Cartel stored a truck trailer of unknown cargo on the property and fled to the property as a refuge during gun battles.
True or not, the claim is sadly believable.
