A former Piatt County farmer has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for concealing grain sales in a scheme to defraud his creditors, officials said.
A federal judge found that the farmer had used assets like his grain as collateral for a $4.6 million loan, then concealed his grain sales and had checks issued in
EAST ST. LOUIS In a U.S. District courtroom on Wednesday, a judge sentenced a man formerly from Edwardsville to 14 months in prison, a $50,000 fine, and