January 10, 2024
McLean County farmer agrees to pay back over $379K
Kent Pfaff, 59, from Washburn pled guilty to crop insurance fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced in March 2024.
Pfaff must repay $379,317 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management agency after he pleaded guilty to a felony count in a crop insurance fraud case on December 20, 2023.
He falsified documents to crop insurance companies and the U.S. Agriculture Department to receive larger payments.