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The owners promised tens of thousands of dollars to the official, Eric Goldstein, along with control of a second food provider called Range Meats Supply Company, prosecutors said.

(Goldstein’s) 20 percent share in Range Meats was kept hidden, prosecutors said.

In the fall of 2015, for instance, prosecutors said, the Somma owners were frustrated that their yogurt parfait and drumsticks were not scheduled to be served until the spring of 2016. Mr. Iler arranged to send $20,000 from a Somma bank account to a Range Meats account, then directed that $7,000 be transferred from the Range Meats account to a lawyer who had handled a divorce for Mr. Goldstein, prosecutors said. Soon after, prosecutors said, the Somma yogurt parfait was “fast-tracked.” Students started consuming it in December 2015.

Somma’s chicken tenders were also fast-tracked, prosecutors said, after Mr. Iler sent $3,000 from Range Meats to a bank account belonging to Mr. Goldstein’s father.

Later, after the reports of foreign objects and choking, Somma asked to substitute drumsticks while SchoolFood weighed the fate of its chicken tenders. Investigators said that Mr. Goldstein used his influence to delay SchoolFood’s response while he negotiated with the company’s owners over Range Meats. After weeks of back and forth, Mr. Iler, Mr. Turley and Mr. Twomey agreed to transfer Somma’s 60 percent interest in Range Meats to Mr. Goldstein and wire nearly $67,000 to a bank account he controlled.

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