Agent defrauded taxpayers of $169,000 through crop-insurance scheme, indictment alleges
by GREG KOCHER, [email protected] – A crop insurance agent defrauded taxpayers of $169,000 by helping farmers inflate tobacco crop losses and collect insurance money and then helping them sell their burley at market, according to a federal indictment. Debra Muse of Wallingford in Fleming County was indicted Friday on one felony count of conspiracy to defraud…