Second Minnesota farmer pleads guilty to role in organic grain fraud scheme
Nephew of the Cottonwood County farmer who pleaded guilty to wire fraud earlier this month told a federal judge Thursday he lied on a crop insurance application.
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Nephew of the Cottonwood County farmer who pleaded guilty to wire fraud earlier this month told a federal judge Thursday he lied on a crop insurance application.
(St. Paul, MN) -- A Minnesota organic farmer is awaiting sentencing for defrauding grain buyers by selling them cheaper grain falsely relabeled as organic. The District of Minnesota's U.S Attorney's Office says 65-year-old James Wolf pleaded guilty to pocketing more than $19,000,000 in the scheme. Wolf is a certified organic farmer in Southeastern Minnesota. As a part of the
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to a scheme involving selling non-GMO products as organic and defrauding buyers out of mil...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) - A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to a scheme involving selling non-GMO products as organic and defrauding buyers out of mil...