Michigan Farmer to Pay $1.2 Million Settlement Over Crop Insurance Fraud September 28, 2022 Gaylord D. Lincoln and G. Lincoln Farms, LLC, located in Springport, Michigan, have agreed to pay $1,200,000 to resolve allegations...
Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme August 5, 2019 A tobacco farmer in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false claims on crop insurance policies. The Lexington...
Alabama Farmer Pleads Guilty in $919K Crop Insurance Scam July 18, 2018 Authorities say an Alabama farmer has acknowledged falsifying documents that allowed him to receive $919,000 in crop insurance money he...
Alabama Farmer Accused of Stealing $919K in Crop Insurance Money June 6, 2018 An Alabama farmer has been charged with stealing crop insurance money and federal prosecutors want him to repay more than...
Kentucky Crop Insurance Agent Accused of Defrauding Taxpayers October 13, 2017 A crop insurance agent in Kentucky is facing federal charges alleging she defrauded taxpayers of $169,000 by helping farmers inflate...
Wisconsin Farmer Sentenced for Federal Crop Insurance Fraud February 17, 2017 John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mark E. Johnson, 50, a farmer...
Feds Investigating Potential Crop Insurance Fraud in Kentucky December 17, 2015 Federal investigators say they believe Central Kentucky tobacco farmers, crop insurance agents, tobacco warehouse owners and others conspired to defraud...
Feds Want Proceeds from Convicted North Dakota Farmers’ Property Sale June 22, 2015 By Dave Kolpack Prosecutors are asking a judge to allow the government to seize money from an auction sale by two North Dakota...
Fireman’s Fund to Pay $44M to Settle Crop Insurance Fraud Charges March 23, 2015 Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it...
Insurance Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence for North Dakota Farmers March 11, 2015 By Dave Kolpack Two North Dakota brothers have been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally...