http://kbia.org en http://kbia.org/post/sweetener-company-ceo-headed-back-missouri <p>Missouri officials say the former head of an artificial sweetener company has agreed to return from California to face charges of theft and securities fraud stemming from a failed factory project.</p><p>Bruce Cole was chairman and CEO of Mamtek U.S. Inc., which received $39 million of industrial development bonds from the city of Moberly to build a sweetener plant.</p><p>Cole is charged in Missouri with using bond revenues to avoid foreclosure on his Beverley Hills home and misleading investors about his company's financial health.</p> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:52:27 +0000 Associated Press 22234 at http://kbia.org Sweetener company CEO headed back to Missouri