Seven defendants in farm fraud case receive prison sentences

All seven defendants in a 2019 farm fraud case were sentenced Friday to prison terms ranging from a year and a day to two years by Chief U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. for their involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been discriminated against.

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