A cattleman from Monona, Iowa, was convicted of one count of theft of livestock, one count of wire fraud, and one count of false bankruptcy declaration.
It appears to have been a busy week for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana after two separately charged fraudsters allegedly admitted to a Bureau of Land Management cattle grazing scheme out of Billings and a bank defrauding scheme out of Lewistown.
After nearly four years, a federal jury has now convicted a Plainville man accused in a check kiting and fraud scheme. Per a sentencing agreement, Gillum will face 60 months in prison and more than $7.2 million in restitution.
According to news reports, Missouri man Garland Nelson pled guilty on Friday to the murder of two brothers over an attempt to collect a debt over cattle.
A Missouri man has been indicted in a $4.7M investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded 89 cattle investors.