Acting Ky. U.S. Attorney: Fleming County Magistrate Sentenced to 66 Months for Crop Insurance Fraud and Tax Fraud
July 16, 2021
July 16, 2021
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 16 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Carlton S. Shier IV, issued the following news release on July 15, 2021:
Christopher G. Hickerson, 47, a Fleming County Magistrate and farmer, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for conspiracy to commit crop insurance fraud and tax fraud.
The evidence presented established that, from 2009 until 2016, Hickerson . . .
Christopher G. Hickerson, 47, a Fleming County Magistrate and farmer, was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for conspiracy to commit crop insurance fraud and tax fraud.
The evidence presented established that, from 2009 until 2016, Hickerson . . .