Christie however, acquired money to pay the bill. Christie was nearly caught when one of those distributors asked about a bill he had received from the seed company. To cover his fraud, Christie manipulated records to make it appear unsuspecting seed distributors had delivered the seed. Instead, he used the money to cover his gambling losses and to pay for other personal expenses leaving the seed bill unpaid.
Nathan Christie, age 44, from Larchwood, received the prison term after a March 24, 2023, guilty plea to one count of Wire Fraud and one count of False Statements to a Financial Institution.Įvidence in the case revealed that Christie, an employee of the seed company, took money directly from farmers for seed, but did not forward that money to the owner of the seed. Larchwood Seed Dealer Sent to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and False StatementsĬhristie tried to cut out the seed distributor and sell seed directly to farmers.Ī seed salesman who cut out of the seed distributor, and sold corn and soybean seeds directly to farmers for his own benefit, was sentenced September 20, 2023, to more than 2 years in federal prison.
