Blue Bell Ice Cream Controversy. Prosecutors are dropping felony fraud charges they brought against a former chief executive of ice cream maker blue bell creameries lp in the wake of a. Federal prosecutors say a texas ice cream company has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former ceo has been charged with conspiracy.

To pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of. The ice cream company pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $19 million in fines and settlements related to the 2015 episode, federal prosecutors said.