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He was caught sending out different seed than customers thought they were getting. He and his partner called it “getting creative.” That was Scheme No. 1.

A 12-person Eagle County jury on Wednesday found Asa Robinson guilty of one count of criminal mischief, two counts of obstructing a peace officer, and two counts of menacing following an incident at an Eagle...

A 12-person Eagle County jury on Wednesday found Asa Robinson guilty of one count of criminal mischief, two counts of obstructing a peace officer, and two counts of menacing following an incident at an Eagle...

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A Washington man has been sentenced in a multimillionaire fraud scheme that involved grass seed at facilities in Albany and Jefferson. Christopher Claypool, 53, of Spokane, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Claypool already has paid nearly $8.3 million in restitution and agreed to forfeit nearly $7.8 million in criminally derived proceeds from his schemes. Claypool pleaded guilty in March to con...

Salem Statesman Journal A manager of a Washington-based seed company was sentenced to three years in federal prison for laundering and wiring about $15 million through multiple schemes to defraud the companys former owner and its customers, including one involving an Albany distribution facility. Former Jacklin Seed Company general manager Christopher Claypool, 53, of Spokane,  was sentenced after pleading guilty March 15 to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering a...

Former manager of WA grass seed company pleads guilty to $12 million worth of money-laundering schemes Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 Christopher Claypool, 52 , the former general manager of Washington-based Jacklin Seed Co., on Monday pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering pleas during his first appearance in federal court in Portland before U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut. Facebook Share mislabeling, pyramid and real estate investment schem...

Man pleads guilty in $12M grass seed fraud schemes Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A former manager of a Washington-based company that produced and sold grass seed and turfgrass to independent Oregon growers has admitted to mislabeling, pyramid and real estate investment schemes that defrauded customers and netted him more than $12 million. Ch...

PORTLAND, OR — U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Christopher Claypool, of Spokane, Washington, the former general manager of the Jacklin Seed Company, a producer and marketer of grass seed and turfgrass based in Liberty Lake, Washington, has been charged by criminal information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering as part of multiple schemes to defraud Jacklins former owner, the J.R. Simplot Company, and its customers. As general manager of Jacklin, Cla...