April 23, 2024

Farmer gets 15 months in prison for false statements

DES MOINES — A Waukee farmer has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and must repay the U.S. Department of Agriculture more than $321,000 after pleading guilty to making false statements to obtain a farm loan. Donald Lynn Embree pleaded guilty in September in federal court in Des Moines acknowledging he obtained three loans by falsely certifying he had corn and soybeans stored on his farm.