Man Ordered To Serve 3 Years In Prison In Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme

Mealey's (November 19, 2021, 9:20 AM EST) -- LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on Nov. 17 issued an amended judgment in a criminal action ordering an insured to serve 36 months in prison and pay nearly $3 million in criminal penalties stemming from his role in an alleged crop insurance scheme in which he and others defrauded federal crop insurers by making material misrepresentations in policy applications....