Public Safety

Gainesville produce company owner pleads guilty in federal fraud scheme

William Brittenham, owner of the now-dissolved Rainbow Produce of Gainesville, entered a plea agreement on a charge of conspiring to commit an offense against the United States. Prosecutors allege he schemed to defraud a government fresh food program by submitting false claims about where produce was grown and by knowingly overcharging the government for snack packs supplied to military and school kitchens. Brittenham is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.

Sources: WCJB TV20