Lexington, KY Several Central Kentucky men, Roger Wilson, Robert Livingood, John Watkins, and Morgan Wayne Culbertson pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, to charges related to crop insurance fraud.
Roger Wilson former owner of Clay s Tobacco Warehouse and current owner of Ag Wood, Inc., both in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit crop insurance fraud before U.S. District Judge Karen K. Caldwell. Wilson admitted that between September 2013 and May 2018, he arranged for farmers to purchase poor quality tobacco to present to tobacco graders, so the farmers could receive poor quality tobacco grades to report to on their federally-backed tobacco insurance (called multi-peril crop insurance or MPCI ) claims of loss. Wilson further admitted he knew his actions were designed to facilitate the filing of false claims of loss, which in turn caused the federal government to pay out indemnity payments, or to increase the amount of those payments, to farmers wh
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Mar 14, 2021 11:22 PM
 Eastern Kentucky has been hit hard by devastating flooding and winter storms. Neighbors throughout Kentucky have stepped up to help. Christian Appalachian Projectâs (CAP) Operation Sharing warehouse has coordinated the delivery of supplies through local emergency management staff, offices of the judge executive, and community nonprofits.
In the past two weeks, Operation Sharing has distributed 20 semi truckloads filled with supplies to assist families impacted by the floods in Clay, Breathitt, Harlan, Perry, Owsley, Wolfe, Lawrence, and Magoffin Counties as well as Wayne County, West Virginia. Additional supplies were sent to Johnson, Floyd, and Powell Counties, with plans to reach Lee, Estill, and Bath Counties this week.