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FRAUDULENT GRASS SEED CONVICTIONS RESULT IN FINES, PRISON
Mar. 26, 2024
Agri-Pulse reports:
An Idaho man received a year in prison and was ordered to pay nearly $350,000 for his involvement in multiple schemes to defraud J.R. Simplot and its subsidiary, Jacklin Seed Company, by selling mislabeled seed, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Portland, Oregon, announced.
To read the U.S. Attorney's statement click here.
Richard Dunham, a former Jacklin employee, is the second person from the company to be sentenced in the case. Jacklin general manager Christopher Claypool received a three-year sentence in 2021.
In two other cases, Ground Zero Seeds International and ProSeeds Marketing Inc. pleaded guilty to "knowingly concealing schemes to defraud Jacklin," a news release said. Ground Zero was ordered to pay Simplot $516,000 in restitution, and ProSeeds was ordered to pay Simplot more than $78,000.
To read the U.S. Attorney's statement click here.
In a third case, CanKiwi Ventures Ltd., manager of the Canadian grower Moore Seed, pleaded guilty on March 7 to smuggling mislabeled seed into the United States using false documents and was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $100,000.
USDA's Office of Inspector General aided in the investigation.
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