Monday, July 02, 2018

Ala. farmer pleads guilty in $919,000 crop insurance scam

"Authorities say an Alabama farmer has acknowledged falsifying documents that allowed him to receive $919,000 in crop insurance money he wasn't entitled to," The Associated Press reports.

Read more here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/business/article214124859.html?utm_source=Agri-Pulse+Daily+Harvest+2018&utm_campaign=a0cdbb306c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_02_09_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6978e27d37-a0cdbb306c-48850481#storylink=cpy

Dexter Day Gilbert, who has farms in Alabama and Florida, pleaded guilty recently to submitting false applications under his name and others to the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. He submitted 14 false claims of loss between July and November 2016. Court documents say he began submitting the applications in March 2016. He will be sentenced in September.

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