<story><title>One of biggest frauds in U.S. farm history</title><url>https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article239079858.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tasty_freeze</author><text>It is obvious to everyone that due to the economic advantages of cheating, there needs to be some kind of inspection and certification program. Not that everyone is a cheater, but there will be cheaters, and it will put pressure on the non-cheaters to cheat too.&lt;p&gt;The same people who bitch about big government will strangle inspection programs via budget cuts, and then when something like this story comes out, use it as proof that government inspection programs don&amp;#x27;t work and that even more defunding is in order.&lt;p&gt;It makes me despair.</text></comment>
<story><title>One of biggest frauds in U.S. farm history</title><url>https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article239079858.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>downrightmike</author><text>He scammed out a couple dozen million dollars each year and is fined 128 million, which ruined him and he&amp;#x27;d never be able to pay it back. This is the kind of punishment That needs to happen to a lot of industries, really any of the crimes people commit should cost them more than they gained. But he must have been too small potatoes, so he got an appropriate sentence.</text></comment>