‘Madoff of the Midwest’ gets nine years in prison
A Missouri woman was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison for a grain fraud scheme that bilked 179 farmers out of a combined $27.4 million and earned her the nickname the "Madoff of the Midwest."
A Missouri woman was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison for a grain fraud scheme that bilked 179 farmers out of a combined $27.4 million and earned her the nickname the "Madoff of the Midwest."
Cathy Gieseker, 45, of Martinsburg, pleaded guilty to one felony count of mail fraud in
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