USDA OIG. Investigation Violations (Embezzelement, Conning, False Claims). September 2023

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Former Coordinator for Long Hollow District Sentenced for Embezzlement from Tribe A Sisseton, South Dakota, woman, who was convicted of Embezzlement and Theft from a Tribal Organization, was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $23,000. She was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.   Read the press release   Man Sentenced for Conning Summer Food Service Program Out of $2.3 Million A Dallas man who scammed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program out of more than $2.3 million was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison. He was indicted in August 2018 and pleaded guilty in July 2022 to summer food service program fraud.   Read the press release   United States Obtains $607,284 Crop Insurance False Claims Act Judgment Against Washington State Farm Owner The United States successfully obtained a $607,284 fraud judgment against a Washington state farm owner for submitting false and fraudulent claims for crop insurance for farm businesses that he owned. The federal crop insurance program provides a mechanism through which participating farm owners may obtain monetary subsidies and financial protection against losses to their crops.   Read the press release