Kentucky investigation targets alleged fraud in federal crop insurance payments for burley tobacco

 

(Kentucky.com) Federal crop insurance is supposed to be a safety net for farmers, but an ongoing Central Kentucky investigation suggests that a few are defrauding the system to harvest thousands and even millions of dollars.
The investigation focuses on growers who were paid twice: once by claiming losses on a tobacco crop and then receiving an insurance payment, and then receiving another payment when they sold the supposedly damaged burley to tobacco companies. Continued   

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