North Dakota farmer gets no jail time in crop insurance fraud case
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Kent Pfaff to time served, three years of probation and restitution to the U.S. government of $379,317
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U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Kent Pfaff to time served, three years of probation and restitution to the U.S. government of $379,317
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Kent Pfaff to time served, three years of probation and restitution to the U.S. government of $379,317.
John Erb, research scientist for the DNR’s forest wildlife populations and research group, and Gary Leistico, spokesperson and attorney for the Minnesota Trappers Association, had a few ideas behind the low numbers.
The decision settles a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, but was opposed by trapper groups.
Kent Pfaff, 58, is to make his initial appearance Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bismarck. The Feb. 2 indictment states that between December 2019 and June 2020, Pfaff provided false crop insurance claim information to insurance companies and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency/Federal Crop Insurance Corp. to increase his...