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Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy.

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Tags: usa.co, usa.ks, ranching, ecosystems, plains, disasters.natural, droughts, weather, rain, rain gauges, crops, whistleblowers, crime, fraud.insurance, author.michael booth, source.coloradosun, long read
https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/08/patrich-esch-ed-dean-jagers-ranchers-fraud-insurance/

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Authors
Michael BoothEnvironment Reporter
Published
Sep 8 2024
Word count
4509 words

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    The sordid story of two ranchers who conspired to falsify drought numbers by tampering with rain gauges on the plains of Colorado and Kansas, resulting in millions in false insurance claims

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