Mont. U.S. Attorney: Billings Rancher Sentenced for Defrauding Bureau of Land Management in Grazing Fee Scheme
June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023
BILLINGS, Montana, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023:
A Billings cattle rancher who admitted defrauding the Bureau of Land Management of fees in a grazing scheme in which he lied about the ownership and number of cattle he was grazing was sentenced today to four years of probation, fined $35,000 and ordered to pay $143,714 restitution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Gene Joh . . .
A Billings cattle rancher who admitted defrauding the Bureau of Land Management of fees in a grazing scheme in which he lied about the ownership and number of cattle he was grazing was sentenced today to four years of probation, fined $35,000 and ordered to pay $143,714 restitution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Gene Joh . . .