The U.S. Department of Labor and Los Angeles-based WesternMixers Inc., a fruit and nut company, have reached an agreement torestore a total of $1,287,901 to the company's pension plan.

Under this consent judgment, which was entered this month in theU.S. District Court's Central District in Los Angeles, officers ofWestern Mixers are responsible for restoring $802,901 toparticipants' accounts within 10 days. During the investigation,Western Mixers repaid $485,000 to the plan for the total fundsidentified as missing.

With this agreement, unpaid contributions, unauthorizedwithdrawals and interest are to be fully recovered, which comesafter an investigation by the Los Angeles Regional Office of theLabor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration.According to the investigation, the company and two officers whoacted as plan trustees over a five-year period did not makeapproximately $952,511 in mandatory employer contributions for thebenefit of participants as well as beneficiaries.