Washington rancher pleads guilty to stealing $244M in ‘ghost cattle’ scam By Kristin M. Kraemer, Tri-City Herald
Published: March 31, 2021, 7:15pm
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PASCO – The president of one of the largest agricultural operations in Washington state has admitted concocting a scheme to defraud Tyson Foods and another company out of more than $244 million.
Cody A. Easterday, 49, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in a case that federal prosecutors are calling a “ghost-cattle scam.”
Easterday, who’s also chief executive officer of Easterday Ranches Inc., charged the two companies under various agreements for the costs of buying and feeding 200,000 cattle, when those cattle did not actually exist, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
Eastern WA man pleads guilty to $244M cattle scam
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