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An eastern Washington rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal judge for a massive “ghost cattle” scam that defrauded Tyson Foods and another company out of more than $244 million. Cody Easterday of Mesa, Washington, was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Yakima, Washington.
Cody Easterday was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Yakima, Washington, for what U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian called “the biggest theft or fraud I’ve seen in my career."
An eastern Washington rancher tied to a massive fraud scheme involving cattle that didn’t exist will serve 11 years in federal prison. The sentence handed
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- An eastern Washington rancher has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal judge for a massive "ghost cattle'' scam that
The rancher, from Washington, pleaded guilty to the charges last year, which included defrauding Tyson Foods and another company.