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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | Back issues
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Ghost rancher jailed

SPOKANE, Wa. — A federal court in Washington sentenced a rancher to 11 years in prison for defrauding Tyson Foods and another, anonymous company by charging them almost a quarter-billion dollars for the costs of raising hundreds of thousands of cattle that did not exist.

Read the press release here.

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