LINCOLN — A a federal decide has ordered a Newman Grove farmer to pay $1 million in restitution, in addition to a $30,000 effective, for making a fraudulent assertion on a crop insurance declare.
Ross Nelson, 48, of Newman Grove, had offered false losses of soybeans and corn when he filed a declare in 2015 with a licensed insurance supplier that was reinsured by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. He obtained reimbursement of $700,092 for his losses.
But as a result of Nelson’s losses on his Holt County farmland didn’t match that of adjoining farmers, the USDA Risk Management Agency launched an investigation. It discovered that his claims have been inaccurate.
Nelson was discovered responsible of creating a false assertion in reference to federal crop insurance. Besides repaying $1 million, he was sentenced to 4 years’ probation in addition to 16 weekends of intermittent confinement.
The case was investigated by the Office of the Inspector General for the USDA.
