Steve A. McBee, a farmer from Gallatin, MO, who stars in the TV series “The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys,” pleaded guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud.
McBee admitted that from 2018-20 he submitted fraudulent documents to a company reinsured by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation that underreported his total 2018 corn crop by 674,812 bushels and his total 2018 soybean crop by 155,833 bushels.
The Department of Justice said he received $2,605,943 in federal crop insurance benefits and $552,980 in federal crop insurance premium subsidies to which he was not entitled, for a total of $3,158,923.
McBee faces up to 30 years in prison and must pay restitution.
