 Former owner Frederick Scott Salyer was arrested on racketeering and corruption charges in early 2010 stemming from a five-year investigation of practices in the processed-tomato arm of his company SK Foods by the United States Department of Justice.The investigation was prompted by an SK Foods executive who admitted a $1 million embezzlement from another company and turned into a key informant  against Salyer.Investigators alleged that the company bribed buyers such as Frito-Lay, Kraft Foods and Safeway to accept tomato paste with higher mold counts than listed, to pay above-market prices, and to provide SK with information on competitors' activities.