BEVIER, MISSOURI -- A northeast Missouri man is sentenced following his guilty plea to numerous charges in federal court.
Steven Fink, 41, of Bevier, entered the guilty pleas to two counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud and one count of making false statements to a federal agent.
The charges were in connection with defrauding several Iowa cattlemen out of nearly one million dollars. The cattlemen had sent their livestock to fink's farm near Bevier, to gain weight.
Fink then admitted he continued billing the producers even though many of the cattle had died.
Fink was sentenced to two years in federal prison. He was also ordered to pay just more than $900,000 in restitution to the victims in the case.
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